Stem cell therapy uses stem cells or their derivatives to repair and regenerate tissues that have been diseased, damaged, or ...

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 ...

According to Mayo Clinic, stem cells are a special type of cell that have two important properties that make more cells like themselves.

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, ...

Scientists are developing a "sponge" that can soak up pain signals in the body before they reach the brain, potentially ...

Whenever I discuss stem cell therapies with non-biologist friends, I’m struck by how confused they often are about what stem cells actually are and what they do. There is particular confusion in ...

C.J. Nitkowski had nothing to lose in spring 2011. The rotator cuff in his left shoulder that he’d relied on during his decade as a major league pitcher was in tatters. He was 38 and his fastball ...

The Gift of Life, a nonprofit organization based in Boca Raton, connects patients with blood cancers and other diseases to ...

A Northwestern Medicine-led study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation has uncovered why older individuals with ...

Actor Abhay Deol recently underwent stem cell therapy and hailed it for using body's own cells to promote healing. He had ...