Using a type of human stem cell, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have created a three-dimensional complement of human retinal tissue in the laboratory, which notably includes functioning... Read more
Possibility of generating lung tissue for transplant using a patient’s own cells For the first time, scientists have succeeded in transforming human stem cells into functional lung and airwa... Read more
The researchers showed that thioridazine kills leukemia stem cells without affecting normal blood stem cells An anti-psychotic drug used to treat schizophrenia appears to get rid of cancer s... Read more
Researchers from the University of Minnesota’s Lillehei Heart Institute have effectively treated muscular dystrophy in mice using human stem cells derived from a new process that... Read more
This piece of research marks a turning point A PARTICULAR sheep has haunted stem-cell researchers for years. In 1996 Ian Wilmut, of the Roslyn Institute, in Edinburgh, removed the nucleus of... Read more