What Stem Cell Treatments Can—and Can’t—Do
Research on stem cells is ongoing, but they're approved to treat a certain group of diseases. Here's what doctors say about ...
How marine worms regenerate lost body parts: Return of cells to stem cell-like state could be key
Many living organisms are able to regenerate damaged or lost tissue, but why some are particularly good at this and others ...
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Harvard Medical School Launches Continuing Education Stem Cell Medicine Course
Harvard Medical School will accredit a new Continuing Education course on stem cell therapies developed by the International ...
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How marine worms regenerate lost body parts
Many living organisms are able to regenerate damaged or lost tissue, but why some are particularly good at this and others are not is not fully understood. Molecular biologists have now made an ...
Scientists announce progress toward ambitious atlas of human cells
Scientists unveiled on Wednesday the first blueprint of human skeletal development as they make progress toward the goal of ...
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How Stem Cells Stay Young
Aging is inevitable for most cell types in the human body, but hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) seem to defy the process. They retain their self-renewing ability almost throughout an organism’s ...
Transplanting insulin-making cells to treat Type 1 diabetes is challenging. Stem cells offer a potential improvement
Diabetes develops when the body fails to manage its blood glucose levels. One form of diabetes causes the body to not respond ...
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World-first stem-cell treatment restores vision in people
“The results merit treating more patients,” says stem-cell researcher Jeanne Loring at Scripps Research ... two men aged ...