Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the ...

For the first time, researchers at the University of British Columbia have demonstrated how to reliably produce an important ...

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 ...

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 ...

When we developed the ability to convert various cells into a stem cell, it held the promise of an entirely new type of therapy. Rather than getting the body to try to fix itself with its cells or ...

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 ...

New scientific methods could one day render animal studies—the standard in research laboratories for more than 100 ...

When you were first conceived, you were a single cell. From this basic fact, we can extrapolate a few things, most especially that all the cells that make up your body today came (indirectly) from ...

A Las Vegas hospital has achieved a major milestone as staff celebrates the completion of its 100th stem cell transplant. The ...

The 25-year-old woman is still making her own insulin a year after having gotten a transplant of her modified stem cells, scientists say. Reading time 2 minutes We might someday be able to have ...