Change Preferences | Sign Out
SEARCH:
washingtonpost.com
Web
| Search Archives

RSS News Feeds

Top News
Health
What is RSS? | All RSS Feeds

Stem Cell Research

Extracting Stem Cells

Stem Cell Research

Long Fight Has Slowed Progress  |   Timeline  |   Legislative Coverage

Latest News

Scientists grow mice heart muscle strip that beats
WASHINGTON -- Scientists have grown a piece of heart muscle - and then watched it beat - by using stem cells from a mouse embryo, a big step toward one day repairing damage from heart attacks. Think of Dr. Kenneth Chien as a heart mechanic. "We're making a heart part and (eventually) we're going to...
 

More On This Story

RSS Special Report Feed

 

In Depth

Health: Special Reports

votes database Legislative Debate
How Congress voted on the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005.

Bird Flu Focus on Bird Flu
Track the latest developments in the spread of the deadly H5N1 influenza virus.

» MORE SPECIAL REPORTS

Rules on Stem Cell Research Are Eased: More Lines Eligible For Federal Funding (Post, July 7, 2009)
 
N.Y. to Pay for Eggs for Stem Cell Research: Policy Is a First Among States; Critics Fear That Women Will Be Exploited (Post, June 26, 2009)
 
Compromise Rules Issued on Embryonic Stem Cells (Post, April 18, 2009)
 
Friendly Fire (By Howard Kurtz, March 11, 2009; 10:07 AM)
 
Science vs. Ethics? (washingtonpost.com, March 10, 2009; 12:00 AM)
 
RePosted: Stem Cell Vindication (washingtonpost.com, January 16, 2009; 3:53 PM)
 
Vatican Ethics Guide Stirs Controversy: Church Decries Stem Cell Research, Infertility Treatments (Post, December 13, 2008)
 
California Voters Narrowly Approve Same-Sex Marriage Ban: Limits on Abortion Rejected in Colorado And South Dakota (Post, November 6, 2008)
 
Hybrid Embryo Research Endorsed (Post, May 20, 2008)
 
Head vs. Heart in the Abortion Debate: An abortionist defends her practice; two philosophers defend the fetus. (Post, January 20, 2008)
 
Mature Human Embryos Created From Adult Skin Cells (Post, January 18, 2008)
 
Lab Cites Stem Cell Advance: Method of Harvest Could Leave Embryos Undamaged (Post, January 11, 2008)
 
States Assess Breakthrough On Stem Cells: Those With Big Investments Vow to Continue Research (Post, November 22, 2007)
 
Stem Cell Breakthrough Defuses Debate (AP, November 21, 2007; 2:19 AM)
 
Advance May End Stem Cell Debate: Labs Create a Stand-In Without Eggs, Embryos (Post, November 21, 2007)
 
A Scientific Advance, a Political Question Mark (Post, November 21, 2007)
 
Monkey Embryos Cloned for Stem Cells (Post, November 15, 2007)
 
The Larger Narrative (By Howard Kurtz, November 9, 2007; 8:25 AM)
 
Disgraced Scientist Moves Research Base (AP, September 19, 2007; 8:30 PM)
 
Future of Stem Cell Tests May Hang on Defining Embryo Harm (Post, July 29, 2007)
 
Scientists Use Skin To Create Stem Cells: Discovery Could Recast Debate (Post, June 7, 2007)
 
Stem Cell Battle Part of DeGette's Diabetes Crusade (By Lois Romano, June 7, 2007)
 
GOP Contenders Embrace Reagan Legacy (AP, May 4, 2007; 2:19 PM)
 
GOP Debate Focuses on Iraq War, Abortion (AP, May 4, 2007; 3:06 AM)
 
More News
© 2006 Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive