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

A team of scientists has mapped the regions surrounding stem cells in planarians—small flatworms that are famous for being ...

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

Stem cells, which drive regeneration, require a microenvironment in tissue called a niche, but not so much in this ...

Liver cells are indispensable for research—for drug testing, to better understand diseases such as hepatitis, fatty liver, cirrhosis, or liver cancer and for development of future cell therapies.

Study of planarian stem cells reveals distant regulation, advancing research into regenerative medicine and potential human ...

Scientists at University of California San Diego have developed a new approach to destroying cancer stem cells—hard-to-find ...

Study findings suggest using the drug PF-06409577 to restore CDX2 in colon cancers could cut risk of recurrence and death by up to 50%.

The New York Stem Cell Foundation, a $23-million-a-year biomedical nonprofit, was acquired by the Jackson Laboratory as part ...

Research groups around the world are working to find ways to implant or grow real biological teeth in a human jaw.

The move aims to regulate cell and gene therapies, and xenografts or animal-to-human transplants. Such therapies are ...

If cancer is a disease of overabundance, where cells divide without restraint and tumors grow despite the body's best interests, then degenerative diseases are disorders of deprivation. When ...