WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stem cells made from human embryos can home in on damaged eyes, hearts and arteries of mice and rats, and appear to start repairs, a U.S. company said on Monday. Sign up here.

The study used large-scale CRISPR gene-editing technology to systematically determine which genes are required as embryonic ...

In advanced dry disease, a key problem is failure of retinal pigment epithelium, often shortened to RPE. These cells help ...

WASHINGTON -- Supporters of research using embryonic stem cells are pointing to two new endorsements as they urge President Bush to allow federal funds for the work. A federal health research report ...

In August 2001, as he was issuing regulations for federally funded research on embryonic stem cells, President Bush wrote, "Stem cell research is still at an early, uncertain age, but the hope it ...

California’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine is a unique state agency—with guaranteed funding of 3 billion dollars from bonds. It was created by the voters in 2004, when the Bush Administration ...

There has been a lot of news lately about the use of stem cells to treat and possibly cure various diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, Parkinson's and one of the most common of medical ...

To the editor: I must take particular issue with some statements made by Dr. Michael Wulfers in a recent column. Wulfers suggests that adult stem-cell research is an alternative to embryonic stem-cell ...

BALTIMORE -- Biotech executive C. Randal Mills flies a lot, and he's learned what to expect. Almost as likely as getting those tiny bags of peanuts or pretzels, someone in a neighboring seat will ask, ...

Thomson and most other researchers hope that they'll eventually be able to distill the secret of embryonic stem cells - that is, their ability to become virtually every kind of tissue in the body - ...