Stem Cells in the Press

Links to interesting news stories, interviews, and reports on stem cell research.

BBC Hardtalk interview with Nobel prize winner and stem cell pioneer Sir Martin Evans. (2007)

BBC Film Network 'What We've Found Out About Stem Cells': A short film that attempts to demystify the complicated world of stem cells through a series of simple and colourful animations. (2006)

BBC Newsnight reports on the provision of false and misleading 'stem cell treatments'. (30.8.06)

Nature Biotechnology. Article on research policy and the mobility of US stem cell scientists (20.07.06). Link to abstract. Subscription may be required for full text access.

Nature Insight: Stem Cells. Reviews and podcast interviews with leading scientists (1.07.06)

BBC Newsnight reports on the future of stem cell research in the post-Hwang era (10.2.06)

On-going coverage of the Hwang scandal The BBC reports on the downfall of Professor Hwang (10.2.06)

Applications flood stem cell bank The BBC reports on banking of stem cell lines in Korea (2.11.05)

UK firm renews stem cell hope The Guardian reports on ReNeuron's plans to return to the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). (13.07.05)

Stem cell finding offers IVF hope The BBC reports on British scientists claiming to have taken a step towards showing human eggs and sperm can be created from stem cells. (20.06.05)

Is Britain lagging in the stem cell therapy stakes? The Guardian reports on stem cell research in the UK (2.06.05)

Research boosts hope for stem cell therapy The Guardian reports on work at Cambridge University analysing the epigentic stability of human embryonic stem cells (1.06.05)

Chicks used to create nerve cells The BBC reports on the transformation of stem cells from adult human bone marrow into nerve cells by transplanting them into damaged chicken embryos. (23.03.05)

Stem cell newborn heart aid hope The BBC reports on the identification of rare stem cells in the hearts of newborns, which could be used to treat babies with cardiac problems. (10.02.05)

Kelly stands by stem cell policy The Guardian reports the views of Education Secretary, Ruth Kelly, on stem cell research. (02.02.05)

Is this the future of medicine?
Following the death of Christopher Reeve, The Guardian looks at the brave new world of stem cell research. (12.10.04)

DNA Pioneer backs stem cell research
The Guardian reports on Nobel laureate James Watson endorsing the need for embryonic stem cell research. (11.10.04)