Ethics of Reviving the Dead
So we never thought we’d have this conversation but here it is: Is it ethical to revive the dead? A new human trial by a company called Bioquark is showing […]
Category Archives: Stem Cells
Healing With Stem Cells-STAP Cells
For the novel I’m writing, I need a stem cell that can form inside the human body and rejeuvenate and heal characters. iPS cells, the ones I reported on last […]
Healing With Stem Cells- iPS Cells
What is the difference between a stem cell that could re-build a sick or damaged body and a specialized, mature cell? Four genes. A number of cells shut off once […]
Healing With Stem Cells- Somatic Cells
Stem cells are un-specialized cells which can divide many times before becoming specialized. Since these cells were discovered, it’s left us wondering what they could do if we harnessed them. […]
Bad News, Good News
Bad news for science fiction writers, good news for patients. New studies are beginning to break the link between the two major concerns of using stem cells in regenerative medicine: […]
Breakthrough or Bust?
Stem Cells may one day see widespread use treating heart failure, vision loss, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis. Now we are one step closer to creating stem cells to treat […]
New Cells On Trial
For a while every time I turned around there was a new crime drama, sometimes the same premise, different city. Just as often, I find new scientific studies that are […]
The Phoenix Series 