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A haploid cell with 23 chromosomes (left), and a diploid cell with 46 chromosomes (right).

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Human stem cell with half a genome could help infertile couples

The breakthrough could produce new cancer therapies, aid infertility and help us to understand why we reproduce sexually

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A premature baby

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Urine from premature babies could repair damaged kidneys

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stem cells

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First fully approved 'off the shelf' stem cells launch in Japan

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Two dogs with their heads looking out of the tops of a row of cubicles. They are both clones of the same black-and-tan German Shepherd dog, and their only difference is that the left ear of one of them points upwards

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Inside the cloning factory that creates 500 new animals a day

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World's first trial of stem cell therapy in the womb

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World's first trial of stem cell therapy in the womb

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Rebooted pancreas cells could ease type 1 diabetes

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Patent for first method to create human sperm, but does it work?

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Patent for first method to create human sperm, but does it work?

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Donated liposuction stem cells could heal difficult wounds

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��˾þ�s reject claims of lab-grown mini human brain

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��˾þ�s reject claims of lab-grown mini human brain

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Mutation alert halts stem-cell trial to cure blindness

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Mutation alert halts stem-cell trial to cure blindness

The first ever trial of reprogrammed stem cells is put on hold while scientists investigate whether the procedure caused a potentially cancerous mutation

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Tiny beating human heart made from scratch

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What is artificial blood and why is the UK going to trial it?

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What is artificial blood and why is the UK going to trial it?

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