Prentice — a stem-cell researcher and my good friend — took a sabbatical from his Indiana State University professorship to tout the great potential of adult stem cells (and to oppose human ...

Stem cell therapy has emerged as a groundbreaking treatment option for corneal injuries, offering hope to individuals ...

From STAT’s Andrew Joseph: AstraZeneca said this morning it was buying the Belgian cell therapy company EsoBiotec for $425 million upfront, building out another cancer-targeting approach.

And they argue that scientists can achieve the same results using adult stem cells— immature cells found in bone marrow and other organs in adult human beings, as well as in umbilical cords ...

“We were able to get to yields where we could ask questions about whether these cells can be viable candidates for the cell ...

The reported findings, published in Cell Stem Cell, will certainly be of deep interest to scientists studying a range of adult neurological diseases and aging. In the neural landscape, rousing ...

THOUGH THEY'RE CURRENTLY only approved to treat a small group of diseases, researchers are exploring a whole world of possibilities when it comes to stem cells. “It’s an exciting field ...

Over the past 18 years, the MSCRF has allocated $208 million in funding to 600 research projects and 41 different entities within the state.

We're all very complex organisms, made up of lots of different types of cells carrying out different jobs in our bodies; such as nerve cells, blood cells, fat cells and muscle cells. So, where do ...

Only a few universities nationwide, including the University of Southern California and Harvard, offer courses that allow ...

A single molecular switch is essential for blood stem cells to enter an activated, regenerative state in which they produce ...