The SciencesNovember 21, 2005
Scientific American 50: Research Leader of the Year
Stem cells
EnvironmentOctober 10, 2005
How do chameleons regenerate lost body parts?
The Young American Scientists Issue—Read Now
The SciencesSeptember 19, 2005
Chatting Up Cells
Nano reservoirs on a chip tell stem cells what to do
The SciencesSeptember 1, 2005
A Proposition for Stem Cells
Last fall Robert Klein got Californians to vote for embryonic stem cell work. That was a piece of cake compared with getting the resulting research agency off the ground
TechnologyJuly 26, 2005
Nanoparticles Pass Muster as Vectors for Gene Therapy
The SciencesJune 27, 2005
Country Report: UNITED KINGDOM
Positive public attitudes lift British scientists above the destructive fray
The SciencesJune 27, 2005
Making Stem Cells on Demand
Changing muscle into bone and regrowing organs could be the fruits of work on "dedifferentiation"
The SciencesJune 27, 2005
The Search for Cells That Heal
Ian Wilmut, creator of Dolly the cloned sheep, urges looking past the controversies to the ultimate payoff
The SciencesJune 27, 2005
Repair Workers Within
Adult stem cells may escape the ethical controversies of their embryonic counterparts, but as Christine Soares notes, their practical clinical value is far more murky
The SciencesJune 27, 2005
Patient, Heal Thyself
Revving up the body's own stem cells could be the simplest route to new therapies
The SciencesJune 27, 2005
Geron
The former patent powerhouse works on new therapies
The SciencesJune 27, 2005
ES Cell International
In Singapore, a company with ambitious goals leads a "privileged existence"