Health & Medicine / Stem Cell Research

Body Attacks Self; Body Protects Self

New studies show promise for using a person's own stem cells to protect them from autoimmune disorders like diabetes and multiple sclerosis. 09.21.2009

The Second Coming of Gene Therapy

For years, gene therapy produced tons of hype but no results. Recently, though, new approaches have yielded its first successes: breakthrough treatments for blindness, cancer, and the deadly bubble boy disease. 09.02.2009

Evolution by Intelligent Design

Bioengineers will likely control the future of humans as a species. 02.02.2009

#16: Researchers Produce Human Blood from Stem Cells

It's not quite the same, but lab-generated blood gets the job done. 12.19.2008

#17: Cell Reprogramming Could Help Cure Diabetes—and Other Diseases

Stem-cell guru says reprogramming adult cells might actually work better. 12.19.2008

20 Best Brains Under 40

Young innovators are changing everything from theoretical mathematics to cancer therapy. 11.20.2008

I'll Have My Burger Petri-Dish Bred, With Extra Omega-3

How researchers can make meat that's better for you—and better for animals. 09.22.2008

Fighting for the Right to Clone

Stem cell and cloning guru Robert Lanza has battled the Catholic Church, the White House, and violent protesters. 08.19.2008

How to Teach Science to the Pope

The Vatican keeps close tabs on the latest science—and integrates new research into its modern theology. 08.18.2008

The Man Who Lost His Name—and His Genetic Identity

Eric Drew miraculously recovered from both cancer and identity theft. 04.09.2008

In Election Year, Stem Cell Question Grows Still Gnarlier

Bush says he won the war, but the prez ain't seen nothin' yet. 03.03.2008

Science That the Government Doesn't Want to Exist

Stem-cell research lurches along through roadblocks and red tape. 10.19.2007

Babies from Bone Marrow

Another potential use for stem cells: procreation. 06.15.2007

Immortality, One Cell at a Time

Can a chemical cocktail turn any old adult cell into a stem cell? 10.11.2006

Blinded by Science: Who's Freaky Now?

How abhorrence and attraction affect our bioethical judgment. 10.11.2006

The Discover Interview: David Baltimore

The retiring president of Caltech delivers some straight talk on AIDS research, celebrity science, and his role in one of the most talked-about fraud scandals of the past 25 years. 09.01.2006

Hating Human Hybrids

The case for chimeras 05.28.2006

Second Act For Stem Cells

Second Act For Stem Cells 04.27.2006

Can Stem Cells Save Dying Hearts?

Just ask this pig 09.09.2005

Discover Dialogue: Biochemist Paul Berg

I'm an experimentalist, and the only way I can tell you if it works is to try it 04.28.2005

The Good Egg

Determining when life begins is complicated by a process that unfolds months before a sperm meets an egg 05.29.2004

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A New Red Line

11.01.1999

The Mother of All Blood Cells

Stem cells, capable of generating an endless supply of red cells, white cells, and platelets, have also generated a heated scientific controversy--and millions of dollars for the man who claims to have found them. 03.01.1995