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Stem cell research and therapeutic cloning: an update

Degenerative  diseases and serious injuries to organs and tissues may be treated through stem cell therapies. ... Research on human embryonic stem cells will be required to investigate all of the potential therapies because other cell types, such as

Seven days in science - 15 October 2010

Next week begins with two-day discussion meeting 2010: what next for stem cell biology? ... cells and regenerative medicine and the extraordinary opportunities to study the molecular mechanisms that cause inherited diseases are being provided by new

Stem Cell Research Committee: Stem cell research

The Royal Society issued two documents on the subject of stem cell research in 2000: Therapeutic Cloning and Stem Cell Research and Therapeutic Cloning: an update. ... This further update has been prepared in response to the inquiry by the House of Lords

CMO Expert Group: Therapeutic Cloning

This submission focuses on stem cells because of their application to a wide range of therapeutic interventions. ... Stem cells are defined here as cells that retain the capacity to renew themselves and produce more specialized progeny.

HFEA: Human-animal embryos in research

More research is essential to address scientific issues regarding chimaera and hybrid embryos and/or stem cells derived from them. ... Placing embryos created through CNR into a woman is prohibited under the Human Reproductive Cloning Act 2001.

Human reproductive cloning

Public anxiety is being raised by recent hype and speculation surrounding claims about human reproductive cloning. ... This statement has been prepared by Lord May of Oxford, President of the Royal Society, Professor Richard Gardner, chair of the Royal

Seven days in science - 15 October 2010

The Royal Society is a Fellowship of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. We aim to expand the frontiers of knowledge by championing the development and use of science, mathematics,

Journal - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences

Developmental biology and the redirection or replacement of cells

Dec 29, 1999 - The aim of developmental biology is to understand how an egg converts itself into a complete organism through the processes of cell differentiation, morphogenesis and size regulation. The principles that have emerged over recent decades include the

SirJohn Gurdon, FRS

Journal - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences

The mechanism of interferon production

Sep 24, 1982 - Interferons are formed when most cells are treated with viruses or double-stranded RNA (to form IFN-α or β, or both) or when lymphoid cells are treated with mitogens or the appropriate antigen (to form IFN-γ). Interferon-α and β are formed as a