In a world first, scientists from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have created functioning fetal intestinal tissue from pluripotent stem cells. Both human embryonic stem cells... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Stem cells, which have the ability to become various other types of cells, are at the heart of the burgeoning field of regenerative medicine – if a patient’s stem cells c... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Chinese researchers used cells, known as induced pluripotent skin cells (iPS), that have been reprogrammed to look and act like embryonic stem cells. Embryonic stem cells... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago have successfully used stem cells to reattach molars to tooth sockets within lab rats’ mouths. The stem cells were... Read more
Stem cells have been touted as the potential key to treating ailments ranging from Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis to spinal cord injuries, to name just a few. That’s because they... Read more
Image via Wikipedia A technique that combines nanotechnology with adult stem cells appears to destroy atherosclerotic plaque and rejuvenate the arteries, according to a study reported at the... Read more
It’s become an accepted fact of life that people tend to lose much of their hearing as they get old. This is because our hair cells, the cells in our ears which allow us to hear, cannot rege... Read more