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Commentary
The rocky road to regulation
Why unproven, risky medical practices elude legal restrictions
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News features
State of the stem cell
An overview of the not-so-distant past, and an outlook for the not-so-distant future
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(Stem cell) banking crisis
Stem cell banking must expand to keep up with demand, say researchers
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A bank in England for stem cells
A national treasure in three temporary trailers
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Q&A
Davor Solter: non-retiring with stem cells in Singapore
Prominent scientist explains a move from Germany
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Ihor Lemischka: stem cells meet systems biology
How to become whole from a list of parts
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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS AND NEWS STORIES ABOUT RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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Finding real iPS cells early
Live-cell imaging techniques move toward a definitive assay for pluripotency
Chan, E.M. et al. Nature Biotechnol. doi:10.1038/nbt.1580 (published online 11 October 2009)
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RepSox hits a home run
Small molecule can replace Sox2, c-Myc in reprogramming
Ichida, J. K. et al. Cell Stem Cell doi:10.1016/j.stem.2009.09.012 (published online 8 October 2009)
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Stem-cell drug fails crucial trials
Experimental treatment does not halt fatal complication of bone-marrow transplant
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FDA green lights stem cell clinical trial for Lou Gehrig's disease
Neural stem cells to be injected in patients' spines
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NIH waits for scientists to submit ES lines for funding eligibility
Some usual suspects are missing
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Prostate tumours from a surprising source
A luminal stem cell might fuel cancer
Wang, X. et al. Nature 461, 495-500 (2009).
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