Blood cell development seen in human embryo model
A human embryo model created from adult stem cells shows the production of blood cells during early development...
A human embryo model created from adult stem cells shows the production of blood cells during early development...
A first-of-its-kind clinical trial has been announced, which will use induced pluripotent stem cells to treat Parkinson's disease patients...
Scientists have repaired the faulty gene in a mouse model of muscular dystrophy by using gold nanoparticles to deliver the genome editing tool CRISPR-Cas9...
A new study has found that up to 66 percent of cancer-causing mutations can be attributed to random mistakes made during DNA replication...
by Paul Waldron
In two different attempts to treat degenerative eye diseases with stem cells, three patients have been blinded, while disease progression has been stopped in a separate patient...
Cancer risk is not linked to different rates of adult stem-cell division in organs, a study suggests...
A new stem cell treatment has reversed scarring in heart failure patients by 40 percent, and also improved recovery and survival, a small-scale trial has demonstrated...
by Ayala Ochert
Spanish scientists say they have created rudimentary sperm-like cells from skin and bone marrow cells taken from adult males...
Scientists in China have used stem cells to create rudimentary sperm that successfully fertilised mouse eggs to produce healthy offspring...
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