Stem Cells

Researchers have discovered landmarks within pluripotent stem cells that guide how they develop to serve different purposes within the body....

Researchers hope to unlock the potential of stem cells as a way of repairing neural damage to the brain. QUT’s...

One of the biggest challenges for medical researchers studying the effectiveness of stem cell therapies is that transplants or grafts...

The gap between stem cell research and regenerative medicine just became a lot narrower, thanks to a new technique that...

A new method of generating mature nerve cells from skin cells could greatly enhance understanding of neurodegenerative diseases, and could...

The scientific progress that has made it possible to dream of a future in which faulty organs could be regrown...

Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital have a potential solution for how to more effectively kill...

Mice severely disabled by a multiple sclerosis (MS) – like condition could walk less than two weeks following treatment with...

Researchers have shown for the first time in an animal that is more closely related to humans that it is...

While it seems like restoring blood flow to an injured leg would be a good thing, it can actually cause...

Using new stem cell technology, scientists at the Salk Institute have shown that neurons generated from the skin cells of...

Harvard scientists have merged stem cell and 'organ-on-a-chip' technologies to grow, for the first time, functioning human heart tissue carrying...

Researchers at Dartmouth's Norris Cotton Cancer Center have published results from a study in Cell Reports that discovers a new...

Adults suffering from diseases such as leukemia, lymphoma, and other blood-related disorders may benefit from life-saving treatment commonly used in...

Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona have taken a very important step towards understanding cell reprogramming...

Stem cells made from the skin of adult, infertile men yield primordial germ cells — cells that normally become sperm...

Researchers have discovered that stem cells taken from teeth can grow to resemble brain cells, suggesting they could one day...

Using somatic cell nuclear transfer, a team of scientists led by Dr. Dieter Egli at the New York Stem Cell...

An international team led by King's College London and the San Francisco Veteran Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC) has developed the...

New research suggests that attempts to isolate an elusive adult stem cell from blood to understand and potentially improve cardiovascular...