A lab-grown oesophagus has been successfully transplanted into pigs for the first time, restoring normal swallowing in the animals...
Japan's health authorities have granted conditional approval to two therapies developed from induced pluripotent stem cells, making the first time reprogrammed human cells have been approved as regulated, commercial medicines for clinical use...
In this two-part conversation, Dr Philip Ball and Dr Naomi Moris explore the intersection of philosophy and developmental biology, discussing stem-cell-based embryo models and ethical questions raised by emerging research...
Human stem cells edited to evade immune responses survived for five months in mice without triggering rejection...
Professor John Evans explores public and expert views on human brain organoids and neural chimaeras. He highlights the tension between scientific promise and public unease, providing an essential guide for anyone working with these emerging technologies...
The use of stem cell patches to treat fetuses with spina bifida has been shown to be safe following a phase 1 clinical trial...
A receptor on the surface of blood stem cells has been found to regulate cell growth, raising the possibility that activating it could offer a new therapeutic strategy for acute myeloid leukaemia...
A man from the Netherlands has been convicted of fraud after misleading parents into paying him to store their children's biological material, despite lacking legal authorisation...
An early phase clinical trial using induced pluripotent stem cells to treat Parkinson's disease has been approved...
A patient with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia has become the first adult to receive a pioneering cell therapy on the NHS...
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