Researchers have developed a new stem cell model of the mature human amniotic sac, which replicates development of the tissues supporting the embryo from two to four weeks after fertilization. This is ...

In 2005, the National Academies released the book, Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, which offered a common set of ethical standards for a field that, due to the absence of ...

Stem Cells and the Future ... advisory group of experts to oversee research on human embryonic stem cells. Nevertheless, Stem Cells wins the day in my view by its careful formation of seven ...

"This work shifts our view ... Research Scientist in the Quantitative Stem Cell Biology Laboratory at the Crick and first author, said, "We were originally investigating how embryonic cells ...

View Full Profile ... which becomes the embryo proper with germ layers, they model embryonic development’s pre-implantation period, up to seven days post fertilization. While stem cell-based embryo ...

Twenty years ago, the use of human embryonic stem cells in research was among the most fiercely debated topics at the always-crowded intersection of science and politics. As part of that ...

Stem cell research is still a new field within biology. Many big advances, like the discovery of human embryonic and tissue stem cells, have been made only during the past 25 years. Thanks to stem ...

NIH funding of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research hinges on ambiguity in the 1996 Dickey-Wicker law, which "permits federal funding of research projects that utilize already-derived ESCs—which ...

Understanding how cells differentiate during early embryonic development is crucial ... In a study published in Cell Stem Cell, a research team led by Associate Professor Hideki Masaki from ...

Stem cells can produce any other cell type, it is just a matter of telling them in the right way. From a biological ...

These findings provide valuable insights into primate embryology and could advance stem cell research and regenerative medicine. Understanding how cells differentiate during early embryonic ...