stem cells

Reflections on Science | Published: 24 May 201324 May 2013

Nature News reports on new developments regarding the stem cell breakthrough published last week: several errors have been noted in […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 16 May 201328 March 2016

Scientists have successfully reprogrammed human skin cells to become embryonic stem cells capable of transforming into any other cell type […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 05 October 201205 October 2012

Japanese researchers have turned mouse stem cells into germ cells that give rise to eggs in living mice, which then […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 24 January 201226 January 2012

The human first trial to use embryonic stem cells for the treatment of macular degeneration has published its results,representing a […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 19 October 201125 October 2011

Europe’s highest court has made a landmark ruling preventing the patenting of research techniques that use stem cells. The move […]

In the News | Published: 21 February 2011

Kiran Chug writes in the Dominion Post about AgResearch ending its cloning trials, due to the death rates of laboratory […]

In the News | Published: 19 January 2011

An ethics panel has granted approval for New Zealand’s first clinical trial of adult stem cell treatment for spinal cord […]

In the News | Published: 09 October 200910 October 2009

In this week’s Media 7, Russell Brand discusses recent news reports of ‘miracle cures’ involving experimental stem cell treatments. He […]