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 ...

Orthopedic non-invasive stem cell therapy regenerates damaged tissue rather than just improving symptoms. Autologous stem cell therapy uses cells from your own body, minimizing rejection risks.

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

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

DURHAM, N.C. -- It might look like a comet or a shooting star, but this time-lapse video is actually a tiny plant root, not much thicker than a human hair, magnified hundreds of times as it grows ...

The two papers covered in the Hot Paper feature 1 are interesting, but the real question is whether the animal models are of any use as models for idiopathic human Parkinson disease (PD). My own view ...

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

Stem cell IVF could enable same-sex couples and single parents to have genetically related children. It’s time to think ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved stem cell therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). However, people could participate in clinical trials involving this ALS treatment.

Khloé Kardashian has “fallen in love with stem cells.” And she’s not the only celebrity to embrace a new treatment that proclaims to reduce chronic pain and even provide anti-aging benefits. “I work ...