A cell that can multiply and give rise to a variety of other, more specialised cell types. For example, stem cells in the bone marrow make many different blood cells.
Testicular tissue preserved before puberty shows signs of being capable to create sperm after being grafted back into the same patient in adulthood, a proof-of-concept study reports...
A new type of CAR-T cell therapy has achieved complete remission in patients with blood cancers, using lower cell doses and without the need for chemotherapy preconditioning...
Dr Beatrice Costa explores Lancaster University's public lecture Sex, Science and Stem Cells, examining how advances in stem cell research, IVG and embryo models are reshaping the future of human reproduction and raising important ethical and policy questions...
A refined method has been developed to generate more mature, functional stem-cell-derived pancreatic islets that restore and maintain glucose control in diabetic mice over several months...
Brain organoids, and the tiny particles they secrete, may help to stage early Alzheimer's disease and evaluate drug response...
Professor Alfonso Martínez Arias, Dr Nicolas Rivron and Dr Naomi Moris set out key recommendations from a foundational framework for research, technological development and regulation in relation to stem-cell-based embryo models...
A lab-grown oesophagus has been successfully transplanted into pigs for the first time, restoring normal swallowing in the animals...
The most recent PET event took place in Edinburgh and brought together researchers, clinicians and members of the public to examine advances in understanding and treating male infertility...
Human stem cells edited to evade immune responses survived for five months in mice without triggering rejection...
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