Each year, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), millions of people in the U.S. are affected by spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries, along with neuro-developmental and ...

Researchers successfully pulled off the first eye stem cell transplants to help heal cornea damage, and the results speak for ...

Dr. Shahin Rafii, study senior author, director of the Hartman Institute for Therapeutic Organ Regeneration and the Ansary Stem Cell Institute, chief of the division of regenerative medicine, and the ...

This regeneration capacity is mainly attributable to the Schwann cells of the peripheral nervous system. These cells are quick-change artists that can transform themselves into repair cells when ...

cells, growth factors and advanced biomanufacturing techniques. This review details recent advances in skin regeneration and repair strategies, and describes their major advantages and limitations.

Scientists have made an important discovery about the relationship between hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and immune response evasion. Their findings show how certain HSCs have regulatory functions ...

Until now, doctors knew hepatic stellate cells mainly as drivers of liver fibrosis. The actual functions of this cell type have hardly been studied to date. Researchers have now determined that ...

Effective strategies for retinal repair and regeneration in these cases are lacking in part because developmental programs required for cell differentiation and maturation are not fully understood.