Most people have heard of stem cells. They are often described as "miracle" cells –ones that can grow into any other type of ...

When you were first conceived, you were a single cell. From this basic fact, we can extrapolate a few things, most especially that all the cells that make up your body today came (indirectly) from ...

Stem cells, renowned for their transformative medical potential, are not universally the same or equally effective in treatments. There are three main types: adult, embryonic, and induced pluripotent.

Cells contain a blueprint in the form of DNA that dictates what they can make. This blueprint is converted into a message ...

The human brain can do many amazing things, but self-repair is not one of its repertoire of abilities. Once neurons die—from ...

A new study suggests a gene mutation could have a protective effect against Alzheimer's. The research looked specifically at blood stem cells, which live in the bone marrow and make different types of ...

In a discovery that could reshape approaches to regenerative medicine and bone repair, researchers have found that human stem cells can be prompted to begin turning into bone cells simply by squeezing ...

Students think they grow more motivated to tackle STEM topics as they get older. Teachers disagree. That’s according to recent surveys by the EdWeek Research Center. A majority (59%) of teachers of ...

Whether or not we grow new brain cells as adults has been the subject of an ongoing and often contentious debate. Now, evidence suggests that we can. This could help answer one of neuroscience’s most ...

But they did. In May 2024, Coiro had just graduated from nurse practitioner school and accepted a new position as an outpatient stem cell transplant nurse (she ... and it's amazing to do as a nurse,” ...