Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers say a particular type of stem cell that helps form the spine secretes a protein that seems to attract cancer. The ...

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 ...

Two previously unknown stem cell types appear to play a central role in children's height growth, according to a study from ...

Most people have heard of stem cells. They are often described as "miracle" cells –ones that can grow into any other type of cell in our bodies, promising revolutionary medical treatments. However, ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

Research roadblocks and political debates have delayed progress—but scientists are inching closer to delivering a cure. Twenty-five years ago, in 1998, researchers in Wisconsin isolated powerful stem ...

Stem cells are unspecialized cells that have the remarkable ability to develop into various types of cells in the body. They serve as a repair system, dividing essentially without limit to replenish ...

A study published in Cell Research advances a central idea in stem cell biology by identifying a checkpoint that controls the ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden have developed an improved method for ...

Scientists are exploring ways to mimic the origins of human life without two fundamental components: sperm and egg. They are coaxing clusters of stem cells – programmable cells that can transform into ...

Are researchers getting closer to functionally curing type 1 diabetes? Image credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images. A woman with type 1 diabetes started producing her own insulin less than 3 ...