Chronic conditions affect over 130 million Americans—nearly half the population—including arthritis, MS, ALS, autism, and age-related decline. While conventional treatments often only manage symptoms, ...

New scientific methods could one day render animal studies—the standard in research laboratories for more than 100 ...

Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the ...

Built using pluripotent stem cells, this tiny lung could help push science away from animal testing as well as open the doors ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved stem cell therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). However, people could participate in clinical trials involving this ALS treatment.

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

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 cell therapy is an emerging treatment for type 2 diabetes. Although it’s not yet FDA-approved in the United States, it is a rapidly expanding and promising field of research. Stem cells are ...

Zebrafish can regenerate sensory hair cells that humans permanently lose, like those in the inner ear linked to hearing and balance. New research reveals two specific genes that control how different ...

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have uncovered how changes in metabolism of human embryonic stem cells help coax them to mature into specific cell types — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kim and Khloé Kardashian had stem cell therapy in Mexico overseen by Dr. Adeel Khan. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Kim ...

Jan. 12, 2007—Earlier this week, researchers announced that they had found a rich supply of stem cells in the amniotic fluid which surrounds an embryo. This announcement comes on the heels of months ...