Ghost heart has a tiny beat
Heidi Ledford
doi:10.1038/news.2008.435
Stem cell lines accrue cancer mutations
Simone Alves
Chromosome instability is a problem for long-term culture of human embryonic stem cells
Published online: 03 December 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2008.154
From one, many genetically different embryonic stem cells
Monya Baker
Copy number variants crop up in routine ES cell culture
Published online: 26 November 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2008.152
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MicroRNAs help embryonic stem cells grow fast
Monya Baker
A new screening technique identifies molecules that control the cell cycle
Published online: 06 November 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2008.144
Multitasking methyltransferase
Monya Baker
G9a silences gene expression two ways
Published online: 06 November 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2008.145
Plasticity of the pluripotent
Elie Dolgin
Two genes modulate commitment of embryonic cells to embryo proper or outer tissues
Published online: 16 October 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2008.135
Versatile microRNAs, two-faced transcription factors and embryonic stem cells
Monya Baker
Two studies describe the sophistication within the gene regulation systems of stem cells
Published online: 25 September 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2008.131
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Three big, long grants for human embryonic stem cell research
Monya Baker
Universities in California, Georgia and Wisconsin to get $9 million each over 5 years
Published online: 21 August 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2008.119
Full Text - Three big, long grants for human embryonic stem cell research
James Thomson: shifts from embryonic stem cells to induced pluripotency
Monya Baker
The founder of the field describes how to make these cells useful
Published online: 14 August 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2008.118
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Packaging DNA for pluripotency
Monya Baker
An RNAi screen reveals a surprising player
Published online: 24 July 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2008.109
How to assess a stem cell genome
Michael A Teitell
To pick the best line for the job, genetic variation should be better understood
Published online: 10 July 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2008.85
Two networks of pluripotency
Monya Baker
An analysis of transcription factor binding sites finds clusters that clarify cooperative binding
Published online: 19 June 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2008.94
Egg shortage hits race to clone human stem cells - pp828 - 829
Brendan Maher
Researchers back bid to pay donors.
Published online: 11 June 2008; doi:10.1038/453828a
Full Text - Egg shortage hits race to clone human stem cells
Off with differentiation
Monya Baker
Embryonic stem cells can be grown without the complex biological ingredients that normally activate self-renewal
Published online: 22 May 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2008.83
Some human embryonic stem cells have more gene copies than others
Lindsay Borthwick
Researchers should consider a new layer of genetic variability
Published online: 10 April 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2008.60
Full Text - Some human embryonic stem cells have more gene copies than others
Toward a renewable source of pancreatic 
-cells - pp397 - 398
Camillo Ricordi & Helena Edlund
Insulin-producing cells generated from human embryonic stem cells protect mice from diabetes.
doi:10.1038/nbt0408-397
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The role of oxygen availability in embryonic development and stem cell function - pp285 - 296
M. Celeste Simon & Brian Keith
Published online: 20 February 2008; doi:10.1038/nrm2354
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Crazy Xs
Simone Alves
X chromosome inactivation is fluid and variable in human embryonic stem cells
Published online: 27 March 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2008.52
Repressing microRNAs for pluripotency
Monya Baker
The protein REST supports renewal by repressing microRNAs
Published online: 27 March 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2008.51
Special Cells, Special Considerations: The Challenges of Bringing Embryonic Stem Cells From the Laboratory to the Clinic - pp386 - 389
RC Addis, JWM Bulte & JD Gearhart
doi:10.1038/sj.clpt.6100384
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Sickly embryos yield healthy embryonic stem cells
Simone Alves
Embryo quality affects ability to generate stem cell lines
Published online: 14 February 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2008.34
Full Text - Sickly embryos yield healthy embryonic stem cells
Nanog's new trick
Asher Mullard
Nanog inhibits NF
B signaling and cooperates with Stat3 to maintain pluripotency
Published online: 14 February 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2008.33
Registries and banks - p111
The European Registry for Human Embryonic Stem Cells (hESCreg) adds an important global resource to the fragmented landscape of stem cell research.
doi:10.1038/ncb0208-111
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Human embryos cloned from adult cells
David Cyranoski
doi:10.1038/news.2007.350
Histones preserve cell memories
Monya Baker
How nuclei reprogrammed by eggs recall previous lives for dozens of divisions
Published online: 17 January 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2008.22
Cancer and embryonic stem cells share genetic fingerprints
Monya Baker
At least two modules of genes promote stemness
Published online: 17 April 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2008.62
Full Text - Cancer and embryonic stem cells share genetic fingerprints
First evaluation of the European hESCreg - pp859 - 860
Joeri Borstlap, Glyn Stacey, Andreas Kurtz, Anja Elstner, Alexander Damaschun, Begoña Arán & Anna Veiga
doi:10.1038/nbt0808-859
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The stem cell parade - p601
Margaret A Goodell
doi:10.1038/nm0608-601
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