Twenty-three anti-abortion members of Congress are demanding the NIH stop human embryonic stem cell research, reviving a ...

For the first time, a stem cell model has produced a structure resembling an early human embryo with a yolk-sac-like structure, from a single starting stem cell population and without direct genetic ...

A coalition of Republican lawmakers has called on the National Institutes of Health to permanently end human embryonic stem cell research, citing ethical concerns and the availability of alternative ...

Republican lawmakers are pressing for major changes to U.S. reproductive health policy, with Sen. Josh Hawley urging an end to Missouri’s Title X funding and a congressional coalition calling on the ...

Between 1998 and 2009, research being conducted using human embryonic stem (hES) cells expanded primarily using private funds because of restrictions on the use of federal funds for such research.

The discovery of a gene essential to early embryonic development sheds light on the preliminary stages of human placenta formation. A team led by scientists from the University of California San Diego ...

Stem cells can self-renew and differentiate into a wide variety of cell types, making them critical components in embryonic development. In adults, stem cell populations, such as those in the ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...