Japanese scientists conducted a clinical trial using stem cells to treat severe corneal damage. The trial involved four ...

In a remarkable medical breakthrough, doctors have successfully used stem cells to treat a debilitating eye condition that ...

Numerous private clinics claim to offer miraculous cures for hard-to-treat medical conditions, even though their treatments ...

A radical stem cell transplant has significantly improved the blurry vision of three people with severe damage to their ...

Two years after surgery, three patients experienced improved corneal transparency with no serious side effects.

San Francisco–based Ossium Health has carried out three transplants for cancer patients using stem cells from deceased donors ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — Stem cells grown in microgravity aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have unique qualities that could one day help accelerate new biotherapies and heal complex disease ...

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 ...

are the closest living relatives of animals, and their genomes contain versions of the genes Sox and POU, known for driving ...

The research team proposes a new theory, one that suggests there is one unique type of stem cell that can be reprogrammed into different cell types. "We believed that most cases of cell reprogramming ...

Blood stem cells develop through different stages to become fully mature red blood cells. This fundamental biologic process ...

If it weren't for a stem cell transplant — less than half a cup of blood from a stranger's umbilical cord — four-year-old ...