Stem cell research courts both controversy and support in the community- depending on your viewpoint.

The Australian Stem Cell Centre (ASCC) has submitted its recommendations to the independent committee reviewing the Australian legislation governing the use of human embryos in research.

TAIZHOU, Jiangsu, China, July 25 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Over 300 of China's top stem cell biologists and researchers from around the globe shared their latest results and held China's first ever symposium on advanced induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell research during the just concluded first annual 2008 China Stem Cell Technology Forum at the China Medical City complex in Taizhou, China.

A world-first stem cell education web site, which includes clear written and video explanation of the complex science and allows students to ask direct questions of leading stem cell scientists, was launched today by the Premier of Victoria, John Brumby, at the BIO International Convention.

Australian stem cell scientists will build on the recent discovery that stem cells can be made from skin cells in a new collaborative research program, Victorian Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings and NSW Minister for Science and Medical Research Verity Firth announced today at the BIO International Convention.