Most people have heard of stem cells. They are often described as "miracle" cells –ones that can grow into any other type of ...

The team used human stem cells to create embryo-like structures dubbed “hematoids” that mirror some features of early human ...

Bush voiced support for limited federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, several members of Congress vowed to push forward proposals that go further than Bush's plan. In a nationally ...

Stem cells, renowned for their transformative medical potential, are not universally the same or equally effective in treatments. There are three main types: adult, embryonic, and induced pluripotent.

Stem cell-based embryo models (SCBEMs) are three-dimensional biological structures that mimic aspects of early human embryo development. They can be created in the lab from stem cells, and can provide ...

Researchers have found a new way to produce human blood cells in the lab that mimics the process in natural embryos.

If cancer is a disease of overabundance, where cells divide without restraint and tumors grow despite the body's best ...

When malfunctions occur in the biological machinery our muscles or our brains use for renewal and repairs, these tissues ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A Vatican bioethics document Friday condemned artificial fertilization and other techniques used by many couples and also said human cloning, "designer babies" and embryonic ...

Stem cells offer medical promise, but their capabilities vary. Adult, embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells each have ...