Stem Cells

Scientists have revealed that some stem cells can lay dormant for more than two weeks in a dead person and ...

A research team said it has produced stratified retinal tissues from human embryonic stem cells for the first time in ...

Leading scientists, biomedical research bodies and patient groups urged the European Parliament on Friday to maintain vital European Union funding ...

Stanford postdoctoral scholar and cancer researcher Bikul Das, PhD, published some interesting findings in Stem Cells this morning regarding the ...

With their potential to treat a wide range of diseases and uncover fundamental processes that lead to those diseases, embryonic ...

Doctors in Sweden have replaced a vital blocked blood vessel in a 10-year-old girl using the first vein grown in ...

The first patients to take part in a clinical trial of a stem cell treatment for stroke have seen reductions ...

From early fetal tissue research to the first successful human treatments, this timeline documents the progress in stem cell science, ...

The stories of research involving human embryonic stem cells and the policy governing that work are intertwined and stretch back ...

When autologous (self-donated) lung-derived mensenchymal stem cells (LMSCs) were transplanted endoscopically into 13 adult female sheep modeled with emphysema, post-transplant ...

Gene therapy has been proven effective in inhibiting breast tumor growth in mice, marking a new pathway for cancer treatment, ...

Scientists have grown human bone from stem cells in a laboratory, paving the way for patients to have bro-ken bones ...

A medical breakthrough by Australian scientists has shown how sheets of stem cells grown on contact lenses can repair damaged ...

Stem cell research is very dynamic with research trends, focus, and approaches evolving rapidly - but increased government restrictions on ...

Japanese researchers have created a functioning human liver from stemcells, a report said Friday, raising hopes for the manufacture of ...

An immune-system receptor plays an unexpected but crucially important role in keeping stem cells from differentiating and in helping blood ...

A previously unknown type of stem cell is the culprit behind blocked blood vessels that can lead to heart attack ...

U of C professors Derrick Rancourt and Roman Krawetz have developed a bioreactor that produces stem cells efficiently. Rancourt and ...

Stem cells often used in reconstructive surgery following mastectomies and other cancer-removal treatments may pose a danger: Cornell biomedical scientists ...

Mass producing stem cells to screen drugs and study the progress of disease is not the sexier side of the ...

Hilton has the distinction of being the first person in the UK to receive a transplant of human embryonic stem ...

The growth or production of hematopoietic stem cells (stem cells that give rise to all blood cell types) is known ...

Findings from a multi-center trial led by researchers at Beaumont Hospital may give urologists another minimally invasive treatment option for ...

Scientists are a step closer to harnessing a technique that “literally mends broken hearts”, according to the Daily Express. The ...

A substance in human mesenchymal stem cells that promotes growth appears to spur restoration of nerves and their function in ...

Chakravarti is among thousands of Indians who lose their sight in chemical accidents each year. Today, some of those people ...

Stem cells are not invincible and therefore not likely to be the magic wand in the world of medicine, but ...