For the first time, researchers have discovered and isolated adult stem cells from a non-human primate. This finding could transform the foundation for how we develop stem cell treatments. Subscribe ...

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An international research team, led by scientists from Tel Aviv University and Sheba Medical Center, has developed a groundbreaking method to activate adult stem cells from human bone marrow, enabling ...

When someone has a stroke—a leading worldwide cause of death and disability—time is of the essence. Almost nine out of 10 ...

This article was originally featured on Knowable Magazine. Roughly 20 years ago, a biologist named Caroline Gargett went in search of some remarkable cells in tissue that had been removed during ...

Although the technique was first used last year to create hESCs from a donor nucleus taken from an infant, the current study used skin cells from a two men—one 35 years old and the other 75 years old.

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You’ve probably heard the old canard that new brain cells simply stop forming as we become adults. But research out today is the latest to show that this isn’t really true. Scientists in Sweden led ...

Knoepfler is professor of cell biology and human anatomy at UC Davis School of Medicine. Welcome to Lab Dish, a new First Opinion column on regenerative medicine from Paul Knoepfler. Health and Human ...

Researchers from Sweden have discovered that the human brain continues to grow new cells in the memory region—called the hippocampus—even into old age. Using advanced tools to examine brain samples ...