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Stem cells, the 'building blocks' for every type of cell in the body, have tremendous potential to improve human health.

Breast cancer cells.

Breast cancer: Back to basics

16 Aug 2012

Ahead of the first in a series of pub-based science talks, called “SciBar” this evening (16 August), Hayley Frend explains why fundamental knowledge...

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Stem cells

Teaching old cells new tricks

24 Apr 2012

Much hyped by the media, stem cells have tremendous power to improve human health. As part of the Cambridge Stem Cell Initiative, Dr Ludovic Vallier’...

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human neural stem cells

Pluripotent stem cells: medical dream or ethical nightmare?

20 Feb 2012

Dr. Paul Fairchild, University of Oxford, to give a public seminar tomorrow, 21 February, discussing this topical issue.

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Partial view of haploid chromosome set

Scientists create mammalian cells with single chromosome set

13 Sep 2011

Researchers have created mammalian cells containing a single set of chromosomes instead of two.

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Human embryonic stem cell colonies

Patenting ethics in stem cell research

28 Apr 2011

Scientists say ‘No’ to a ban on stem cell patents recommended by the European Court of Justice.

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Embryonic stem cells

Funding to boost scientific links with Japan

01 Apr 2010

Researchers in Cambridge and Japan will be working together towards a more integrated understanding of how stem cells make decisions.

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Stem cells

Understanding how cancer cells grow

04 Jan 2010

Cambridge scientists are asking what role stem cells play in how cancer develops, spreads and relapses.

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Primordial germ cells

Germ cells: the route to immortality

01 Apr 2009

How do cells become equipped to generate a whole new organism?

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