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

From cold plunges and sleep tracking, to juice cleanses and functional fitness, there's no shortage of wellness trends to try ...

Teeth naturally wear down over time, but scientists have found that they could signal certain cells to regrow bones, opening ...

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 ...

A Stanford-led team has replaced toxic pre-transplant chemotherapy with a targeted antibody, allowing children with Fanconi ...

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a pioneering method to mend damaged hearts without open-heart surgery, an advance that ...

Rockefeller scientists uncovered how hair follicle stem cells can switch from growing hair to repairing skin when nutrients ...

The human brain can do many amazing things, but self-repair is not one of its repertoire of abilities. Once neurons die—from trauma, stroke, or disease—they rarely grow back.

In this MedPage Today interview, Leigh Turner, PhD, a professor of health policy and bioethics at the University of California Irvine, unpacks the growing influence of stem cell clinics and the ...

Scientists have unlocked a new way to regenerate bone using fat-derived stem cells, successfully healing spinal fractures in ...

A collection of studies that chart how mammalian brain cells grow and differentiate is a ‘very valuable’ tool for ...

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