New scientific methods could one day render animal studies—the standard in research laboratories for more than 100 years—obsolete. Clive Svendsen, Ph.D., executive director of the Board of Governors ...
With the power of self-renewal and multipotency, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) offer the possibility of regenerative treatment for a variety of medical conditions, including spinal cord injury and ...
For decades, aging has looked like a one-way street, a slow accumulation of damage written into our cells. Now a wave of ...
Stem cell IVF could enable same-sex couples and single parents to have genetically related children. It’s time to think ...
A new study reveals that age-related changes in the gut microbiota directly impair intestinal stem cell (ISC) function and that restoring a youthful microbial environment can reverse this decline.
-- EPA’s ToxCast ™ evaluation of the developmental toxicity risk of 1,065 compounds using Stemina’s devTOX quickPredict test (devTOXqP) published in Toxicological Sciences -- devTOXqP is the only ...
Scientists at USC are launching a new trial to test a tiny stem cell implant that could restore vision in people with advanced dry macular degeneration. The hair-thin patch replaces damaged retinal ...
NEW YORK — For only the second time, the U.S. government has approved a test in people of a treatment using embryonic stem cells — this time for a rare disease that causes serious vision loss.