A team at Osaka Metropolitan University found that stem cells from fat tissue can repair breaks similar to those common in people with the bone-weakening disease osteoporosis.

Perinatal stem cells, including those derived from umbilical cord blood and tissue, amniotic fluid, amniotic membrane, and ...

Stem cells are unspecialized cells that have the remarkable ability to develop into various types of cells in the body. They serve as a repair system, dividing essentially without limit to replenish ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cell in the human brain according to the latest ...

This article was originally featured on Knowable Magazine. Roughly 20 years ago, a biologist named Caroline Gargett went in search of some remarkable cells in tissue that had been removed during ...

Jennifer Zenker receives funding from NHMRC and Viertel Foundation. Most people have heard of stem cells. They are often described as “miracle” cells –ones that can grow into any other type of cell in ...

Stem cells possess the unique abilities of self-renewal and differentiation into various cell types, making them highly ...

Research roadblocks and political debates have delayed progress—but scientists are inching closer to delivering a cure. Twenty-five years ago, in 1998, researchers in Wisconsin isolated powerful stem ...

Japanese scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery in stem cell research that could revolutionize the treatment of ...

From axolotls to zebrafish, stem cells possess remarkable regenerative abilities, enabling them to restore lost limbs and repair damaged organs. These extraordinary capabilities, however, are not ...

Only one in every six million people have the Rh null blood type. Now researchers are trying to grow it in the laboratory in ...

Scientists have discovered that human stomach cells can be genetically reprogrammed to act like pancreatic beta cells and ...