A first-of-its-kind trial is testing adult stem cell transplants for advanced dry macular degeneration. Early results show the treatment is safe and can significantly improve vision, even in severely ...

A newly discovered pair of stem cell lineages drives the formation of both tooth roots and the bone that anchors them. Understanding how these cells switch roles could pave the way for regenerating ...

Years before he conducted the research that would earn him a Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, Shinya Yamanaka, MD, ...

Scientists in Sweden have taken a major step toward a potential cure for type 1 diabetes by developing a more reliable way to create insulin-producing cells from human stem cells. These lab-grown ...

The first clinical trial to test the tumour-fighting power of a stem-cell-like class of long-lived immune cells suggests that ...

A new way of using umbilical cord blood for treating blood diseases could make the treatment more accessible to patients who need a stem cell transplant. A Phase II clinical trial of patients ...

Researchers have identified an unexpected mechanism that links age-related stress to the decline of blood-forming stem cells. Instead of triggering cell death, a known signaling pathway subtly ...

Stuart Orkin and Swee Lay Thein shared a Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for their research on genetic causes of sickle ...

Cell walls are a crucial structure of plant life, protecting cells from damage, giving plants shape, and containing ...

Activated immune cells secrete tiny capsules bearing DNA that can enter other immune and tumor cells to stimulate the body's ...

The Mid-Michigan Children’s Museum has been selected as one of 20 children’s museums worldwide to participate in a STEM ...