Latest oocyte maturation research published in Cells on August 13, bringing Nature Cell's total to four international journal publications Preclinical findings suggest potential benefits for ovarian ...

Understanding how heart muscle cells stop dividing and acquire the characteristics needed to sustain lifelong cardiac ...

A team led by bioengineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a genome-scale reference map that details how individual genes control the functions and identities of human stem ...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a disabling neurodegenerative disease that affects approximately 10 million people worldwide, with numbers steadily increasing. Symptoms include tremors, difficulties with ...

Stem cells grown in microgravity aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have unique qualities that could one day help accelerate new biotherapies and heal complex disease, researchers say. The ...

Stem cells can fight disease from the inside out. But not all treatments are created equal. By Mohana Ravindranath The promise of stem cell therapy is powerful. Scientists can draw versatile cells ...

A scientific review highlights how PIWI proteins and piRNAs regulate stem cell function, offering new epigenetic targets to ...

Until now, doctors knew hepatic stellate cells mainly as drivers of liver fibrosis. The actual functions of this cell type have hardly been studied to date. Researchers have now determined that ...

Share on Pinterest Japan has given approval for world-first stem cell treatments for Parkinson’s disease and heart failure. Image credit: David Mareuil/Anadolu via Getty Images Japan has granted world ...

For decades, scientists have accepted that the immune system naturally weakens with age. Georgia Tech biomedical engineer and ...