Findings can lead to gut replacement therapy in people with intestinal deficiencies Working with gut stem cells from humans and mice, scientists from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Cente... Read more
A revolutionary technique that promises to restore the sight of millions has been carried out for the first time worldwide in a British hospital. Taking as little as 45 minutes, the procedur... Read more
Scientists say they are a step closer to growing fully functioning replacement kidneys, after promising results in animals. When transplanted into pigs and rats, the kidneys worked, passing... Read more
Stem cells hold great potential for addressing a variety of conditions from spinal cord injuries to cancer, but they can be difficult to control. Scientists are now reporting in the journal... Read more
While it is already possible to obtain in vitro pluripotent cells (ie, cells capable of generating all tissues of an embryo) from any cell type, researchers from Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla’s... Read more
If you experience a major heart attack the damage could cost you around five billion heart cells. Future stem cell treatments will require this number and more to ensure those cells are repl... Read more
Collectively, such diseases of the airways as emphysema, bronchitis, asthma and cystic fibrosis are the second leading cause of death worldwide. More than 35 million Americans alone suffer f... Read more
Chronic pain caused by the nerve damage of type 2 diabetes, surgical amputation, chemotherapy and other conditions is especially intractable because it resists painkilling medications. But i... Read more
A little more than a decade ago, researchers discovered that all cells secrete tiny communications modules jammed with an entire work crew of messages for other cells. Today, a team of resea... Read more
Scientists have developed a new tissue ‘scaffold’ technology that could one day enable the engineering of large organs Research led by the Universities of Bristol and Liverpool has shown tha... Read more
Brain tumors may soon be treated by interrupting the process by which stem cells grow, a new study finds. Treatment usually consists of surgically removing the tumor, as well as some of the... Read more
It can generate enough stem cells to heal permanent wounds, especially those caused externally, said Hu Ping, a cell biologist Chinese scientists have claimed successfully growing muscle ste... Read more
Networking neurons thrive in 3-D human “organoid” A patient tormented by suicidal thoughts gives his psychiatrist a few strands of his hair. She derives stem cells from them to grow budding... Read more
University of Toronto researchers show that engineered ‘hydrogels’ not only help with stem cell transplantation, but actually speed healing in both the eye and brain Toronto scientists and e... Read more
Approach may offer new way to reverse disability in multiple sclerosis patients A pair of topical medicines already alleviating skin conditions may prove to have another, even more compellin... Read more
