For the first time, researchers at the University of British Columbia have demonstrated how to reliably produce an important ...

Stem cells are unspecialized cells that have the remarkable ability to develop into various types of cells in the body. They serve as a repair system, dividing essentially without limit to replenish ...

In a groundbreaking proof-of-concept study, researchers at Cincinnati Children's report success at restoring healthy function ...

New scientific methods could one day render animal studies—the standard in research laboratories for more than 100 ...

The first trial that will directly compare the safety and efficacy of stem cell transplantation to the best available drugs in the treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) has launched. "There ...

Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cell in the human brain according to the latest ...

When you were first conceived, you were a single cell. From this basic fact, we can extrapolate a few things, most especially that all the cells that make up your body today came (indirectly) from ...

Share on Pinterest Are researchers getting closer to functionally curing type 1 diabetes? Image credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images. A woman has undergone a stem-cell therapy made from her own ...