Stem Cells

Our cells don't live in a vacuum. They are surrounded by a complex, nurturing matrix that is essential for many...

The power of regenerative medicine appears to have turned science fiction into scientific reality—by allowing scientists to transform skin cells...

One of the major causes of hearing loss in mammals is damage to the sound-sensing hair cells in the inner...

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have pinpointed why normal aging is accompanied by a diminished ability to...

Human embryonic stem cells can be induced to spontaneously form developing brain tissue During development, the nervous system forms as...

A cure for type 1 diabetes has long eluded even the top experts. Not because they do not know what...

An unusual reprogramming phenomenon by which the fate of somatic cells can be drastically altered through changes to the external...

Scientists in Japan showed stem cells can now be made quickly just by dipping blood cells into acid. Stem cells...

Investigators at Johns Hopkins report they have developed human induced-pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) capable of repairing damaged retinal vascular tissue...

Abba Zubair, M.D., Ph.D, believes that cells grown in the International Space Station (ISS) could help patients recover from a...

A Duke research team has developed a better recipe for synthetic replacement cartilage in joints, according to a report from...

New research by University of Vermont Associate Professor of Medicine Dr. Jeffrey Spees, and colleagues has identified a new tool...

For the first time, scientists have succeeded in transforming human stem cells into functional lung and airway cells. The advance,...

The blood stem cells that live in bone marrow are at the top of a complex family tree. Such stem...

This important scientific breakthrough, developed by the University of Granada, will aid the immediate use of artificially-grown skin for major...

Diseases affecting the kidneys represent a major and unsolved health issue worldwide. The kidneys rarely recover function once they are...

A new method for developing stem cells enables the production of liver and pancreatic cells in “clinically relevant” quantities for...

Bioengineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have shown that physical cues can replace certain chemicals when nudging mature cells...

University of South Florida researchers have suggested a new view of how stem cells may help repair the brain following...

It's like pulling a rabbit out of a hat. Researchers have reached inside the brain of a rat and pulled...