“For many cell-based therapies, progress comes from connecting the right pieces at the right moment,” Klein said. “When ...

One of the most enduring goals in regenerative medicine is deceptively simple: replace a person's damaged or dying cells with ...

In recent years, the field of stem cell and developmental biology has seen remarkable breakthroughs that have deepened our understanding of how organisms grow, age and regenerate, with major ...

Descriptions of the embryo go back at least to the time of Aristotle, but it has only been since the late 19 th century and early 20 th century that advances in experimental approaches allowed ...

The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans continues to serve as an essential model for understanding germline stem cell biology. Central to this field is the precise regulation of the balance between stem ...

Animal models have long shaped how biomedical research is conducted. They have influenced how diseases are studied, how ...

Stem cells in most organisms typically take cues from adjacent cells. But new research from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research has found that stem cells in the freshwater planarian Schmidtea ...

For much of the 20th century it was thought that the adult brain was incapable of regeneration. This view has since shifted dramatically and neurogenesis – the birth of new neurons – is now a widely ...

In a potentially major breakthrough for regenerative medicine, scientists at MIT have developed a way to convert skin cells directly into brain cells extremely efficiently, without needing to go ...

The Supreme Courts latest ban on the use of stem cell therapy for autism serves as a vital reminder that miracle cures often lack scientific backing. Here is a breakdown of what stem cell therapy ...