The heart drug digoxin could potentially be combined with existing cancer therapies to prevent the spread of tumors, an early trial suggests. But questions remain.

A clump of cells? Or a living being with a soul? Embryo research has pitted scientists against bishops, caused a cabinet split and divided the country.

Clump of cells or "microscopic American"? The U.S. government says embryos aren't "donated" to infertile couples -- they're "adopted." How language has become a front line in the abortion wars.

Grandma vs. a clump of cells. By William Saletan. May 17, 2005 10:28 AM. Tweet Share Share Comment Tweet Share Share Comment ...

The Christmas season isn”t easy for those of us on the secular left. On the one hand we find ourselves in the midst of this awful orgy of consumption and commercialization. On the other hand, the ...

The jackals at The New York Times finally admit that an unborn baby is just that, a baby. However, only in the context of driving the narrative that birthright citizenship is good and predictably ...

What researches then have is a clump of perhaps 200 cells that have split multiple times since day one, says Dr. Lorenz Studer, a stem-cell biologist with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Supporters of embryonic stem cell research say we need not trouble ourselves over the destruction of an embryo because it is “just a clump of cells.” Reason alone can refute these claims.

In 1973 Roe v. Wade made abortion access the law of the land, abortion supporters could hide behind the ignorance of the pre-ultrasound days with the euphemism “it is just a clump of cells.” ...

To coax human nerve cells in a laboratory to thrive, there are three magic words: location, location, location. Many experiments grow human nerve cells in lab dishes. But a new study enlists some ...

When is a human embryo not simply a clump of cells but a person with distinct legal rights? The answer, which holds much consequence in a post-Roe world, depends on the state where that embryo ...