As people age, so do their stem cells. Scientists have known for years that the stem cells that go on to become blood cells ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have carried out the most detailed mapping to date of the epigenome in the cells that regulate the body's blood sugar levels. The study, published in Nature ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have used induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to grow specialized blood vessel ...

One of the possible keys to controlling excessive glucose production by the liver in type 2 diabetes is a stress molecule called GDF15. Mice lacking this molecule show increased hepatic ...