Welcome back to the Babies Online Blog! If you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed and be the first to get breaking parenting news and take advantage of our member only giveaways. Thanks for visiting!Before there was an embryo, there were an egg and a sperm, collectively called gametes. [...]
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British scientists in Newcastle claim they’ve achieved another milestone in biomedical research – creating a human sperm in the lab for the very first time.
How human sperm is created.
Using stem cells from a human embryo, they simulated the crucial process of meiosis, a type of cell division that splits the number of chromosomes into half. [...]
Tags: human embryos, lab, sperm, stem cell research, stem cells, U.K.
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Stem cells and stem cell research have always been steeped in controversy mainly because the earliest source of stem cells discovered was the human embryo. This led to strong resistance against stem cell research based on ethical, moral, and religious grounds. Over the years, new, less controversial sources of stem cells have been identified, including:
bone [...]
Tags: ethical, Fallopian tubes, hysterectomy, stem cell research, stem cells
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Every so often a story comes along that is truly amazing, and if you’re ready for a really uplifting story then you should hear about Chloe Levine.
She is a toddler who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy after it became apparent that she wasn’t developing like she should have. She didn’t have control over the [...]
Tags: blood bank, cerebral palsy, clinincal trials, cord blood banking, stem cells, treatment
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Have you ever wondered what happens when cord blood is banked? What happens if your child needs it later in life due to an illness or other disability? So many steps are being made to advance the research and amazing uses of cord blood stem cells today. It is easy to dismiss the idea of [...]
Tags: cbr, cerebal palsy, Cord Blood, cord blood registry, stem cell research, stem cells
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