When the monkeys were single-celled embryos, scientists had used CRISPR editing tools to silence, or “knock out”, a gene that ...

The Philadelphia Citizen is recognizing CHOP doctors Alexis Thompson and Dr. Stephan Grupp with the 'Disruptors of the Year' ...

Newly discovered brain cells count each bite before sending the order to cease eating a meal. Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to ...

Now, researchers at University of California San Diego have discovered how healthy stem cells are transformed into cancer stem cells in the earliest stages of the disease. Oral cancer — also known as ...

Published in Science Immunology, the study revealed that the endurance of these stem-like T cells is fuelled by a protein called ID3, expressed by a gene of the same name. These ID3+ T cells have ...

Dolcie-Mae must remain in hospital until a matching stem cell donor can be found The mother of a three-month-old baby girl diagnosed with a rare blood disorder is urging people to sign the stem ...

The mother of a three-month-old baby girl diagnosed with a rare blood disorder is urging people to sign the stem cell register in a bid to save her daughter's life. Doctors initially suspected ...

It will be available for eligible patients who are 12 years and older who experience recurrent sickle cell crises and would be suitable for a stem cell transplant but where a donor is not available.

Image Credit: mi_viri/Shutterstock.com In a study published in Nature, researchers found that a stem cell-derived muscle patch can repair failing hearts without adverse effects, showing promising ...

While there are a number of promising, recent advancements in refrigeration, thermogalvanic cells have not really been seriously considered. If anything, the method’s underlying principles are ...

During the surgery, the woman's heart was implanted with tiny patches of heart muscle cells, which had been grown from stem cells in a lab. These 10 patches, each comprised of about 400 million ...

When we developed the ability to convert various cells into a stem cell, it held the promise of an entirely new type of therapy. Rather than getting the body to try to fix itself with its cells or ...