Whenever I discuss stem cell therapies with non-biologist friends, I’m struck by how confused they often are about what stem cells actually are and what they do. There is particular confusion in ...
Whenever I discuss stem cell therapies with non-biologist friends, I’m struck by how confused they often are about what stem cells actually are and what they do. There is particular confusion in ...
Explore the major milestones of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) research, from Shinya Yamanaka’s discovery to current ...
Embryonic stem (ES) cells are pluripotent stem cells that can produce all cell types of an organism. ES cells proliferate rapidly and have been thought to experience high levels of intrinsic ...
One of the biggest barriers to regenerative medicine is immunological rejection by the recipient, a problem researchers are one step closer to solving after genetically modifying pluripotent stem ...
Stem cells are among the most revolutionary discoveries in modern medicine. Their incredible ability to transform into ...
The results could shed light on why the animals rarely get cancer. But the researchers’ ultimate goal of bringing back woolly mammoths is still aspirational. By Carl Zimmer When the biotechnology firm ...
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 ...
With roughly 2,000 giant pandas remaining in the wild, scientists have spent the last several decades looking for new ways to help the iconic black-and-white bears stave off extinction. And now, it ...