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Lab-Grown Vaginas Implanted Successfully in 4 Teenagers
The organs, grown from the patients' own cells, are showing normal functions for the four young women -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com (Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research - April 12, 2014 Category: Stem Cells Tags: Biology Health Biotechnology Medical Technology Source Type: news

NIH Stem-Cell Program Closes
The director of the agency's Center for Regenerative Medicine resigned on March 28 after just one clinical-trial award had been made -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com (Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research - April 8, 2014 Category: Stem Cells Tags: More Science Biology Society & Policy Health Biotechnology Source Type: news

Stress Alters Children's Genomes
Poverty and unstable family environments shorten chromosome-protecting telomeres in 9-year-olds -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com (Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research - April 8, 2014 Category: Stem Cells Tags: More Science Biology Society & Policy Health Mind Brain Psychology Thought Cognition Source Type: news

Stem-cell Scientist Found Guilty of Misconduct
A Japanese researcher stands by her claim to be able to produce stem cells using an acid bath or mechanical stress -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com (Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research - April 2, 2014 Category: Stem Cells Tags: More Science Biology Society & Policy Health Medical Technology Source Type: news

Could Stem Cells Breathe New Life into the Field of Blood Substitution?
Immature cells' regenerative prowess injects new excitement into the field -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com (Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research - March 17, 2014 Category: Stem Cells Tags: More Science Health Technology Source Type: news

Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Treating Heart Attack Victims
Injections of a normally silent gene sparked recovery in pigs induced to have heart attacks   -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com (Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research - March 6, 2014 Category: Stem Cells Tags: Health Biotechnology Medical Technology Source Type: news

Acid-Bath Stem Cell Study under Investigation
A research institute is launching an inquiry after allegations of irregularities in two blockbuster papers -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com (Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research - February 18, 2014 Category: Stem Cells Tags: More Science Biology Society & Policy Health Biotechnology Source Type: news

Acid Bath Offers New Way to Make Stem Cells
Just physically squeezing cells or bathing them in acidic conditions can readily reprogram them into an embryonic state -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com (Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research - January 29, 2014 Category: Stem Cells Tags: More Science Biology Health Biotechnology Medical Technology Source Type: news

Mini Brains and Human–Mouse Hybrids Could Reveal the Brain’s Wiring Diagram
The Obama administration’s neuroscience initiative highlights new technologies to better understand the workings of brain circuits on both a small and large scale. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com (Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research - October 23, 2013 Category: Stem Cells Source Type: news

Intensive, Early Therapy Helps Children with Autism Improve Communication Skills (preview)
When Adrianna and Jermaine Hannon's second child, Jayden, was 14 months old, the California couple began to worry that something was wrong. The child became preoccupied with toy cars, turning... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com (Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research - September 30, 2013 Category: Stem Cells Tags: Mind & Brain Source Type: news

Flatworms Recall Familiar Environs, Even after Losing Their Heads
The flatworms known as planarians are neuroscience darlings. Their centralized brain, complex sensory abilities and rapid regenerative capacities make these nonparasitic worms ideal for studying the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com (Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research - September 21, 2013 Category: Stem Cells Tags: Mind & Brain,Health,Medical Technology,More Science,Neuroscience,Biology,Mind Source Type: news

Stem Cells Created in Living Mice
Researchers have reprogrammed adult mouse cells to behave like embryonic stem cells, without the need for a stay in a Petri dish. [More] -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com (Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research - September 11, 2013 Category: Stem Cells Tags: Health,More Science,Biology,Health Source Type: news

Stem Cells Mimic Human Brain
With the right mix of nutrients and a little bit of coaxing, human stem cells derived from skin can assemble spontaneously into brain-like chunks of tissue. Researchers provide the first description... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com (Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research - August 28, 2013 Category: Stem Cells Tags: Mind & Brain,Mind Brain,Biotechnology,Neurological Disorders,Neuroscience,Biotechnology,Health,More Science Source Type: news

Lab-Made Egg and Sperm Precursors Raise Prospect for Infertility Treatment
Since last October, molecular biologist Katsuhiko Hayashi has received around a dozen e-mails from couples, most of them middle-aged, who are desperate for one thing: a baby. One menopausal woman... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com (Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research - August 21, 2013 Category: Stem Cells Tags: Health,Health,Biotechnology,More Science,Biotechnology,Biology,Society & Policy Source Type: news

Exercising Caution: Intensive Athletic Activity Could Be Fatal to Those with Sickle-Cell Trait
At 5:30 A.M. on February 19, 2010, 20-year-old Bennie F. Abram started his first day of football practice as a junior at the University of Mississippi. Several hours later he collapsed and died. Last... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com (Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research - August 13, 2013 Category: Stem Cells Tags: Health,Ethics,Evolution,Health,Society & Policy Source Type: news