Scientists have been working on this for nearly a decade now on making ES cells capable of being used directly in therapies. They have been stymied by three primary problems; the potential for tissue rejection (which we will not get into in this post), the cells' propensity to form tumors called ter...

Went to my cousin's son's 1year birthday party a week ago. If you know anything about Korean culture, you know that the one year birthday (along with the 100 day birthday and the 60 year birthday marks) is considered quite a milestone. People get dressed up, the baby wears a colorful hanbok (trad...