Day 7: The future of the med center

On one side are those who say the future of the University of Nebraska Medical Center hinges on stem cell research. On the other side are skeptics who say the med center is hyping controversial resear ...more

Saturday, June 23, 2007 11:33 pm

Day 6: The research

Ira Fox is a medical research scientist. And more. A physics and chemistry major at Harvard, he earned his medical degree at Columbia and started liver transplant programs at the University of Pe ...more

Thursday, June 21, 2007 11:59 pm

Day 5 stem cells: The politics

With elected officeholders and candidates divided over the issue and feeling intense pressure from both sides, the debate is spilling outside legislative chambers. ...more

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 09:58 am

Day 4: The beneficiaries

Everyone seemed to stare as the wheelchair bumped down the narrow aisle. ...more

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 09:41 am

Day 3: The ethics

Supporters and opponents of embryonic stem cell research look at the same facts but interpret them differently. ...more

Monday, June 18, 2007 09:23 am

How a line of embryonic cells is created

Embryonic stem cells are made from the discarded frozen embryos of in vitro infertility procedures. ...more

Sunday, June 17, 2007 09:02 am

Where regents stand

UNMC’s policies on stem cells ...more

Sunday, June 17, 2007 08:59 am

Day 2: The policy

NU regents haven�t so much as touched stem cell research since 2001, when they approved guidelines set forth by an ethics committee put together by then-NU President L. Dennis Smith. And they don�t plan to ...more

Sunday, June 17, 2007 08:57 am