Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the ...
From axolotls to zebrafish, stem cells possess remarkable regenerative abilities, enabling them to restore lost limbs and repair damaged organs. These extraordinary capabilities, however, are not ...
Most people have heard of stem cells. They are often described as “miracle” cells –ones that can grow into any other type of cell in our bodies, promising revolutionary medical treatments. However, ...
The study, published in British scientific journal Nature, suggests that the disease may begin in basal stem cells — ...
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 ...
Diabetes develops when the body fails to manage its blood glucose levels. One form of diabetes causes the body to not produce insulin at all. Called Type 1 diabetes, or T1D, this autoimmune disease ...
A Las Vegas hospital has achieved a major milestone as staff celebrates the completion of its 100th stem cell transplant. The ...