A pioneering stem cell scaffold improved eye surface health and vision in patients with rare aniridia-related keratopathy in ...

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 our bodies, promising revolutionary medical treatments. However, ...

All cell types found in the body are derived from stem cells. However, genetic mutations can impact the ability of stem cells to develop into fully functional cells. Also, as the body ages, the number ...

Shinya Yamanaka doesn’t see himself as a celebrity. But people do recognize the stem-cell researcher when he’s out for a run, often while training for a marathon, on the streets of Kyoto, Japan. Many ...

Stem cell therapy is an evolving area of medical research. Some stem cell treatments are established for specific medical ...

Patients with sickle cell disease are often hesitant to undergo transformative gene therapy—the current lengthy process requires multiple hospital visits to collect enough stem cells. Researchers from ...

Stem cells possess the unique ability to self-renew and transform into different types of cells. For example, rare ...

Stem cell transplants from younger, more mismatched unrelated donors showed favorable one-year outcomes in a new ACCESS trial ...

What keeps some immune systems youthful and effective in warding off age-related diseases? In a new paper published in Cellular & Molecular Immunology, USC Stem Cell scientist Rong Lu and her ...

In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have successfully created stem cells that are better at developing into other cell types, like a younger, fitter version of themselves—by ...

Chinese stem cell therapy reverses heart failure in 90% of patients, landmark trial finds - Patients who received treatment ...

For decades, stem cells were the words everyone used when they talked about the future of medicine. Bone marrow transplants, ...