Cancer stem cells are rare immortal cells within a tumour that can both self-renew by dividing and give rise to many cell types that constitute the tumour, and can therefore form tumours.

Every cell in our body contains the entire genetic program to become any cell type. Such cells are called “stem cells”. But once turned into a muscle cell, it can never evolve into a neuron. So, we ...

People attending a football match will be asked to sign up to a stem cell register in the hope of finding a donor for a local man. Marshall Davies, 21, from Telford, was diagnosed with a rare and ...

Eating foods high in key nutrients, including iron, folic acid, and vitamin B12, and limiting alcohol may help increase your red blood cell count. Red blood cells are the most common cells in ...

In 2009 a team of biophysicists led by Anthony A. Hyman of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, were studying specklelike structures called P ...

A recent study from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India has revealed new details about how our cells clean up and recycle waste. This process, known as autophagy, is like a self ...

More information: Barbara Klein et al, Modified human mesenchymal stromal/stem cells restore cortical excitability after focal ischemic stroke in rats, Molecular Therapy (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.

whose lab focuses on repairing damaged heart muscle with stem-cell therapy. Because these particles are extremely small, the scientists created a technique they called near-field electrophysiology ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) therapy, RYONCIL®, indicated for steroid-refractory acute graft ...