January 6, 2013
Science Reporting in the Mainstream Media Continues to Decline
The amount and quality of science reporting that can be found in the mainstream media have been declining for years. Budgetary cuts at television newsrooms and newspaper offices have hit science reporters hard, leaving the general public susceptible to biased sources and misinformation. The current situation does not bode well for a democracy where politicians [...]
Stem cells are "unspecialized" cells that can generate healthy new cells, tissues, and organs. Embryonic stem cells, as their name suggests, are derived from embryos.
Specifically, embryonic stem cells are derived from embryos that develop from eggs that have been fertilized in vitro-in an in vitro fertilization clinic-and then donated for research purposes with informed consent of the donors.
They are not derived from eggs fertilized in a woman's body. The embryos from which human embryonic stem cells are derived are typically four or five days old and are hollow microscopic balls of cells called blastocysts. Learn More
07/31/12
Politifact Florida Rates Claim That Embryonic Stem Cell Research is a ‘Dead End’
Miami Herald
11/17/11
The Public, Political Parties and Stem Cell Research
New England Journal of Medicine
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California Institute for Regenerative Medicine