Tag: stem cells

It could be a game changer in regenerative medicine.

Starting from meager skin cells, scientists want to generate artificial northern white rhino eggs to replenish the population.

We're not there yet, but there seems to be a lot of promise in this idea.

Fighting the virus is just half the battle. The other half is repairing the damage.

The infant was too small for surgery, so doctors bought it some time.

An exciting, and compact, alternative to skin grafts.

The embryos successfully grew fetal structures in female mice uteruses.

It's a bit unusual, to say the least -- but could be quite useful.

But can they fix a broken heart?

Smarts, we got'em!

Science may one day open the way to the 'Fountain of Youth'.

Researchers safely and effectively implanted a specially engineered patch of retinal pigment epithelium cells derived from stem cells to treat people ...

The innovative method could help millions of people who suffer from osteoporosis.

Everyone says this is a massive breakthrough in biology.

Healing wounds might become a whole lot easier.

Japanese researchers found a novel way to grow corneas in a dish starting from skin cells. The corneas were implanted ...

A restored, functioning cornea found in a mouse, that used human harvested limbal stem cells. Image:  ...

In a feat that surprised even the scientists who made the experiment, mice disabled by a condition similar to multiple sclerosis ...

Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, aged 115. Photo: wikia.com No matter how much some would like to avoid ...

Strands of engineered muscle fiber, stained different colors to observe growth after implantation into a mouse. ...