SCOTTISH scientists have moved a step closer to developing new treatments for patients with Parkinson's disease.

More than 30 human embryos are created for every successful birth by IVF, official figures have revealed. Hundreds of thousands have been simply thrown away or destroyed in the name of scientific research over the past 20 years. The figures show that British scientists have created more than ...

The Oklahoma House has passed a bill that would prohibit human embryo destruction for experiments, by a vote of 86 votes in favor and 8 votes opposed. Contrary to what some news reports claim, the bill (HB 1442) sponsored by Rep. George Faught does not directly address embryonic stem cell research.

A team at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine have continued in their development of a "skin gun" that sprays the patient's adult stem cells onto a burn, resulting in quicker, more effective healing.

Scientists claim that a patient in Germany has been cured of both HIV and leukemia after receiving a bone marrow transplant that included stem cells from an HIV-resistant donor. Timothy Ray Brown, the 44-year-old year old patient, was first diagnosed with HIV in 1995, and diagnosed with leukemia ...

This is a special request that will take just a minute of your time. Please sign the pro-life petition seeking to protect life from conception on the Life Institute website. http://www.thelifeinstitute.net/petition/protect-the-human-embryo/ Legislation is promised in the near future to govern the ...

The amazing and inspiring presentation by Dr. Colin McGuckin from this year's Viva La Vida conference is now available on our YouTube channel.

Doctors associated with the German umbilical cord blood bank Vita 34 claim that they have successfully cured a child's leukemia using an infusion of stem cells from umbilical cord blood.

In an important breakthrough, scientists at McMaster University have discovered how to make human blood from adult human skin.

Dr. Colin McGuckin, who was the first to synthesize living and functioning human liver tissue from adult stem cells, was speaking at a conference held by the leading Irish pro-life group Youth Defence. His topic was the medical and ethical advantages of research using "somatic" cells (those taken ...