Media outlets have been reporting that scientists are planning to “create designer babies” with three parents. Professor Justin St John, Director of the Centre for Reproduction and Development at Monash…
Researchers have taken important steps in conserving endangered cats.
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Looking at embryonic cells allows researchers to understand many of the fundamental questions about how an animal’s genes are structured and the role they play in developing the adult animal. This information…
This study suggests breast milk is much more than nutrition for the baby, it could also play a role in stem cell therapies.
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Researchers have identified stem cells in human breast milk, which behave similarly to embryonic stem cells when cultivated in a medium containing nutrients.
The finding suggests breast milk could be…
Part of a Greenpeace protest at the European Patents Office in Munich. Greenpeace brought the case that has resulted in the European ruling.
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The European Court of Justice has today banned patenting of stem cell inventions derived from human embryos which are capable of developing into a human being.
The court held that this exclusion from…
Welcome to part five of On the brain, a Conversation series by people whose job it is to know as much as there is to know about the body’s most complex organ. Here, Lachlan Thompson, head of the Neurogenesis…
We're still a long way from growing replacement human teeth.
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It was recently reported that researchers in Japan have grown a tooth in a mouse using stem cell technology and successfully implanted it into the rodent’s jaw to produce a fully functional tooth for chewing…
US Senator Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head but is said to be recovering well.
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The human brain is often referred to as the most complex organ on the planet. It is responsible for an incalculable number of tasks, thoughts and functions every second of everyday of our lives.
The brain…
