There are many challenges associated with characterizing and quantifying cells for use in
cell-and tissue-based therapies. From a regulatory perspective, these advanced treatments …

The therapeutic potential of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) is well established.
Safety concerns remain, however, and these have driven considerable efforts aimed at …

Calls for the “translation” of research from bench to bedside are increasingly demanding.
What is translation, and why does it matter? We sketch the recent history of outcome …

Now that stem cell scientists are clamouring for human eggs for cloning-based stem cell
research, there is vigorous debate about the ethics of paying women for their eggs …

The new reproductive technologies have opened the door to different processes of germline
genetic enhancement by which the characteristics of an individual according to the interests …

The ongoing enculturation of stem cells with culturally specific meaning in different global
locales is receiving critical anthropological attention. As an anthropological subject and …

Background The design of health technologies relies on assumptions that affect how they
will be implemented, such as intended use, complexity, impact on user autonomy, and …

Social scientists increasingly view biotechnological innovation as inseparable from the
social and economic transformations of value attributed to human tissue. Informed by …

Wound healing involves the orchestration of a complex process of interactions between
numerous types of cell, components of extracellular matrix and signalling molecules …

In the wake of two recent developments in stem cell research, it is a fitting time to reassess
the claim that stem cells will radically transform the concept and function of medicine. The …