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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service reports that the Wisconsin-based Green Bay Dressed Beef has recalled over 58,000 ground beef products in several states over concerns of E. coli contamination.
2023-09-15

Scientists withdraw the January 29, 2014 claim that there is a simple way to convert normal cells into stem cells, which can be used for any part of the body. Nature had in July retracted its two previous articles after the disgraced lead researcher, Japanese Haruko Obokata, was found to have plagiarized and fabricated parts of the papers.
2014-12-19

"Nature" publishes research by the University of Toronto announcing the discovery of a new class of stem cells called F-class stem cells that have the potential to be better and safer to use in medical research.
2014-12-10

Renowned Japanese scientist Yoshiki Sasai commits suicide, after the discrediting of certain experimental results he supervised, regarding stem cells.
2014-08-5

Scientists announce creation of cloned human stem cells derived from adult cells.
2014-04-17

RIKEN concludes that research suggesting stem cells could be produced through STAP techniques was falsified.
2014-04-1

Scientists find a way to convert normal cells into stem cells, which can be used for any part of the body. Previously, the standard method of obtaining stem cells was to get them from an embryo.
2014-01-29

In a study published in "Nature", University of Oregon researchers describe the first creation of human embryonic stem cells by cloning.
2013-05-15

In Illinois, United States, 2-year-old Korean-Canadian Hannah Warren, who was born without a trachea, becomes the youngest patient to receive a bioengineered organ made from stem cells.
2013-04-30

A study suggests that donor stem cells may prevent organ rejection in imperfectly matched transplant cases.
2012-03-8