Stem cells
Stem cells are the most interesting type of cell there is. That is because they can turn into many different types of cell in the body.
Scientists at QMUL and elsewhere are trying to understand how stem cells do this.
Introduction
Scientists hope that stem cell research will one day provide new treatments for patients with serious diseases.
What is a stem cell?
Stem cells have the ability to turn into many different types of cell in the body.
When does life begin?
To decide whether research using embryos is right or wrong, you need to ask yourself: when does life begin?
Stem cell research: boundaries and regulation
In the UK, scientists are allowed to keep an embryo for research until it is 14 days old.
What do people think?
Julia Millington, Political Director, ProLife Alliance.
What do people think?
Richard Ashcroft, Professor of Biomedical Ethics at Queen Mary, University of London.
What do people think?
Ian MacKenzie, Professor of Stem Cell Science at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.
What do people think?
A patient with Parkinson's Disease.
