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Almost no one was surprised this week when President Obama lifted restrictions on stem cell research that involved the destruction of human embryos. Even jaded Washington watchers are adjusting to the idea that this is a president with an eerie determination to do exactly what he said he would do during his campaign.
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President Obama's decision to lift restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, scheduled to be announced Monday, White House officials said Friday. It is expected to provide a major boost to one of the most promising but controversial fields of biomedical research in generations...

In a world-first breakthrough, Australian scientists have used contact lenses coated in stem cells to restore a person’s sight.

As a presidential candidate, Mr.Obama spoke out in favor of stem cell research, so his intention to undo the curbs put in place by President George W. Bush is not surprising. But the decision is nonetheless of great interest, involving a long-controversial intersection of science and personal moral beliefs.
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If you were troubled by ban on stem cells research funding, President Barack Obama has done it for you. He has lifted a ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research on Monday, thus giving stem cells research a new lease of life in US...

How messages sent within stem cells through a specific communication pathway can trigger the cells to specialize and become blood cells in humans, has been discovered by scientists of the McMaster Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute.

Indo-Canadian actress Lisa Ray will undergo a stem cell transplant to treat her multiple myeloma, an incurable form of blood cancer.

Synthetic human sperm have been grown from embryonic stem cells for the first time, scientists claimed yesterday, raising the prospect of advances in male infertility treatment.