News Stories on Cells
Clay Could Have Encouraged First Cells to Form (Scientific American)
New research suggests that a lump of clay could have provided a platform for the formation of primordial cells.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=0000E0A0-4928-1F98-892883414B7F0000
Brain Cells ‘Recognize’ Famous People (ABC News)
Scientists discover that individual brain cells can react to a particular celebrity, landmark, animal, or object.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=874242
Stem Cell Advances May Make Moral Issue Moot (The Washington Post)
Heated debates over embryo rights could fade in the aftermath of technical advances enabling scientists to convert ordinary cells into embryonic stem cells.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/05/AR2005060500872.html