Adults don't have any embryonic stem cells, but they do still have stem cells - they're essential for replacing or repairing normal cells which become damaged, or worn out. But the adult stem ...

Ideological opponents dismiss the medical potential, claiming embryonic stem cells have negligible promise compared to adult stem cells. Proponents point to the massive human suffering that could ...

Freezing medium: 90% fetal calf serum, 10% DMSO (sterilized, 0.22-μm filter) HSF-6 freezing medium: 90% fetal bovine serum (heat-inactivated; HyClone), 10% DMSO (sterilized, 0.22-μm filter) 2% ...

Advocates counter that adult stem cells, useful as they may be for some diseases, have thus far proved incapable of producing the full range of cell types that embryonic stem cells can.

This versatility allows embryonic stem cells to be used to regenerate or repair diseased tissue and organs. Adult stem cells are found in small numbers in most adult tissues, such as bone marrow or ...

One source is the "adult," or mature ... A second source is embryonic germ cells that are derived from the primordial reproductive tissues of aborted early fetuses. These are the cells that ...

Human embryonic stem cells were discovered by James Thomson and Jeffrey Jones as late ... This was the first proof of the existence of tissue stem cells in adult mammals. Bone marrow transplants have ...

A research group from Nagoya City University has elucidated the significance of birth in the maintenance of neural stem cells ...

A research group led by Kazunobu Sawamoto, a professor at Nagoya City University and National Institute for Physiological Sciences, and Koya Kawase, a ...

THOUGH THEY'RE CURRENTLY only approved to treat a small group of diseases, researchers are exploring a whole world of possibilities when it comes to stem cells. “It’s an exciting field ...

they don’t come with the ethical problems associated with embryonic stem cells. What’s more, the risk of the body rejecting the cells is much lower as they come from another adult or are ...