DURHAM, N.C., and CRAIGAVON, Northern Ireland, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- AlphaMed Press, co-publisher of the journal STEM CELLS(R), the first journal in the field of stem cells and regenerative medicine, has promoted Miodrag Stojkovic to Editor.

DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The 25-year-old journal STEM CELLS(R) has named two world-renowned scientists as Associate Editors: Donald Phinney, Ph.D., of Tulane University, and Miodrag Stojkovic, Ph.D., of Centro de Investigacion Principe Felipe in Spain.

Scientists working at a British laboratory have achieved one of the most controversial breakthroughs ever made in the field of stem cell science by taking cells from dead embryos and turning them into living tissue.

By Dave Black The family of a man who died from a rare blood disease have called for more funding to support pioneering North-East research which could one day discover a cure for the condition.

British researchers have succeeded in creating the country's first - and the world's second - cloned embryo, a breakthrough that keeps Britain at the forefront of the fast-moving, potentially revolutionary field. But some cautioned that the use of embryonic stem cells to treat serious illness could carry its own risk of exposure to disease.