WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Embryonic stem cells can be used to grow vats of red blood cells, which could lead to the creation of "farms" that could provide limitless sources of blood, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. ... > full story
TEHRAN, Aug. 17, 2008 (Reuters) — Iran said it had put a dummy satellite into orbit on a home-grown rocket for the first time on Sunday -- a move likely to increase Western concerns about its nuclear ambitions. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14, 2008 (Reuters) — NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander has sent back the first-ever image of a speck of red Martian dust taken through an atomic force microscope, shown at a higher magnification than anything ever seen from another planet. ... > full story
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla, Aug. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — NASA has abandoned plans to get its replacement for the retiring U.S. space shuttles into service by 2013 because of a lack of additional funds and technical issues, officials said on Monday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — Scientists have created two new types of materials that can bend light the wrong way, creating the first step toward an invisibility cloaking device. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. stem cell experts have produced a library of the powerful cells using ordinary skin and bone marrow cells from patients, and said on Thursday they would share them freely with other researchers. ... > full story
CHICAGO, Aug. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — Researchers have traced all of the proteins and enzymes used by the West Nile virus to infect cells, and found 305 genes that could serve as targets for treatments. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — NASA scientists on Tuesday said the surprise discovery of a sometimes toxic chemical on the surface of Mars does not diminish the possibility of finding microbial life on the Red Planet and asked for patience while they study soil samples further. ... > full story
SEOUL, Aug. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — The South Korean government on Friday barred disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk from resuming his research into cloned human embryonic stem cells. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, July 31, 2008 (Reuters) — Ordinary skin cells taken from patients with a fatal and incurable nerve disease have been transformed into nerve cells in a first step toward treating them, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. ... > full story
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Cell changes may help Lou Gehrig's research July 31, 2008 (San Francisco Chronicle) — Using a new technique to reprogram cells, scientists are growing neurons from people with Lou Gehrig's disease, a possible first step in ...
Dolly's Creator Moves Away from Embryonic Stem Cells July 21, 2008 (Scientific American) — Sitting by the window of a posh coastal hotel in Half Moon Bay, Calif., wearing a baby-blue sweater and khakis, Ian Wilmut doesn't project the ...
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