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A brief history of human diploid cell strains.

The fetus as our patient: the confluence of faith and science in the care of the unborn.

Discovery of stored fetuses and stillborns roils France.

Ethical aspects of use of fetal/embryonic cells in treatment and research.

The other stem-cell debate: to test the potential curative powers of human embryonic stem cells, biologists want to inject them into lab animals. Creating such chimeras makes perfect sense, to a point: a sheep with a human liver? O.K. A mouse brain made up of human cells? Maybe. But a chimp that sobs?

Governmental, national, international agency and other initiatives to advance the application of cellular therapies.

Of mice, men and in-between: scientists debate blending of human, animal forms.

Cooperation with past evil and use of cell-lines derived from aborted fetuses.

[Bioethics law and advances in reproductive technology]

Stem cells and kidney diseases.

Stem cells and kidney diseases.

Stem cells and kidney diseases.

Stem cells and kidney diseases.

Stem cells and kidney diseases.

Stem cells and kidney diseases.

[Definitive adoption of the bioethics law]

UK opens embryonic stem cell bank.

Controversy on adult stem-cell plasticity and rules governing the use of fetal tissue in China.

Research ethics--new standards.

Fetal cells in maternal tissue following pregnancy: what are the consequences?