Science Ahead

After starting the umbilical cord business in 1989, Cryo-Cell International has formed a menstrual blood bank. In recent years, researches have shown that stem cells, especially the embryonic stem cells can be effective immune system boosters useful in...

This can be regarded as a major achievement in the field of medicine as a team of British scientists have gone ahead and grown some portion of human heart from stem cells. Now hopefully within a time period of three years doctors will be able to use...

Patients who were desperately waiting to be benefited by hybrid embryos, might have to weight longer and it is quite possible that their wait may never end because British government is planning to outlaw human-animal embryos. If UK government takes..

After California, it is New Jersey that has become the second U.S. state to legalize embryonic stem-cell research, giving a blow to anti-abortion advocates among which Roman Catholic were most prominent, since, it requires human embryos destruction....

Human liver made in the laboratory! Yes, a team of British University scientists have done just that -- created a mini human liver of the size of a penny coin. It is indeed a major breakthrough in medical science. This achievement, though is far...

Now making stem cells will no longer mean destroying embryos! Thanks to the innovative move of a biotech company Advanced Cell Technology for developing this new way of making stem cells. But, will this discovery bring an end to one of the country's...