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, ...

The FDA has extended the deadline to review Orca-T for the treatment of myelodsyplastic syndromes and acute leukemias with a ...

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) today announced that its official journal, Stem Cell Reports, has ...

This approach uses mesenchymal stem cells isolated from a patient’s own fat tissue to treat neurodegenerative diseases. The stem cells are supposed to assist in repair of damaged tissue and ...

When stem cells are injected into thick tissues, they often clump together and die from lack of oxygen or nutrients, making ...

Aging is inevitable for most cell types in the human body, but hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) seem to defy the process. They retain their self-renewing ability almost throughout an organism’s ...

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 ...