Film Review: The Bourne Legacy

The Bourne Legacy sees a return of the Bourne franchise, only this time without its eponymous hero, but rather a whole new breed of biologically enhanced undercover CIA agents... [Read More]

Comic Review: Hope beyond Hype - A Story of Stem Cells from Discovery to Therapy

Stem cell research isn't a topic you'd expect to see in a comic book, particularly when the aim is to give a realistic insight into the subject, avoiding hype and sensationalism. But that's exactly what 'Hope Beyond Hype', a graphic novel telling the story of stem cell research from discovery to therapy, intends to do... [Read More]

Ageing genes may affect cancer and heart risk

Genes that influence the so-called 'biological age' of cells may also influence susceptibility to many age-related diseases... [Read More]

Stem cells in space

Mouse embryonic stem cells are being transported to the International Space Station (ISS) to investigate the impact of long-term space flight on human health.... [Read More]

Immune cells to target cancer created from stem cells

Immune cells that can recognise and kill cancer cells have been grown from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)... [Read More]

Stem cells created from human blood sample

Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells have been created from a routine blood sample by researchers at the University of Cambridge in the UK, marking an improvement over existing experimental methods that require more invasive tissue biopsies.... [Read More]

Stem cell procedure to treat infertility after chemo tested in primates

Banked sperm-producing stem cells have been used to restore sperm production in monkeys made infertile by chemotherapy treatment... [Read More]

Stem cells restore hearing in animals for first time

Stem cells have been used to partially restore hearing in deaf gerbils through replacement of their auditory nerve cells... [Read More]

Cancer stem cells drive tumour growth, studies confirm

Three research groups, each studying a different type of cancer in mice, have published results that support the theory that tumour growth is driven by 'cancer stem cells'.... [Read More]

Liposuction fat used to create blood vessels

Adult stem cells extracted from liposuctioned fat have been used to grow new blood vessels, according to scientists presenting their work at a conference. The researchers hope that one day their technique could be used in vascular surgery... [Read More]

'Outstanding' results in as-yet-unpublished arthritis stem cell trials

Two UK newspapers have hailed a potential treatment for osteoarthritis using a patient's own stem cells although results from early studies in animals and patients are yet to be published... [Read More]

Controversial publication of bird flu studies reveal virus' potential

Controversial research showing how the H5N1 'bird flu' virus can be altered to make it transmissible between mammals through the air has been published, nine months after it was first presented at a conference.... [Read More]