Ethics in STEM is a research area that focuses on the critical ethical dimensions of our designed and engineered world. We seek to challenge various cultural assumptions about what ethics is and how ...

The embryonic stem cells are used in research into different ... November 2004 There are strong arguments on both sides of the ethics of creating human/animal embryos. We've listed some of the ...

This is especially problematic in cases of blocked blood vessels, which can repeatedly starve large areas of the heart of oxygen and nutrients, killing the cardiomyocytes there. This leads to a ...

Everyone involved with research using pHSC will receive information and be trained in stem cell research, policy and ethics. Following training, you will need to sign a form stating that you have read ...

Instead, Cohen thinks there is an urgent need for a federally approved National Stem Cell Research Review Panel that could provide government oversight of this field. She boldly puts this idea ...

Most Americans support the use of stem cells to treat such diseases as cancer and heart disease, according to a study published last month in Nature Biotechnology. Research using human embryonic stem ...

Dr. Rossant has also been actively involved in ethics and public policy discussions around stem cell research and genetic modifications. She is a member of Royal Societies of London and Canada and ...

Beyond gene therapy, another issue of much debate relates to the use of stem cells. These cells can be divided into two broad classes: embryonic and adult. Both classes are currently being ...

Stem cells are immature cells that have the ability, under the right conditions, to develop into many types of cells in the body with specialized functions. Here you can learn how they’re being ...

He also committed to protect stem cell research, adding ... from referring lawsuits against vaccine manufacturers. In the ethics documents he filed prior to the hearings, he said he would ...