Chinese scientists have achieved the world's first reversal of type-2 diabetes using stem-cell therapy. This is no mean feat, as this is historic and globally significant, as type-2 diabetes is ...

Mouse model success: Studies from U.S. and Swedish teams show stem-cell-derived islet cells can normalize blood sugar in diabetic mice. Manufacturing breakthrough: New protocols produce functional ...

The findings could pave the way for the development of future targeted therapies for this devastating inherited neurological ...

When Alice Bertaina, M.D., Ph.D., attended medical school in Italy, her goal was to work in pediatrics. But she wasn’t sure about her specialty within pediatrics. During one rotation, she was working ...

This image depicts both healthy (right) and deteriorated (left) human retinal endothelial cells, which are essential for maintaining eye sight. The deterioration is caused by low oxygen and high ...

Researchers have announced a breakthrough that could end the ethical debate surrounding stem-cell research. The groundbreaking technique would allow the conversion of adult cells into an ...

Embryonic stem cell (ESC) research holds the potential to completely revolutionize the world of regenerative medicine, yet it is often met with ethical resistance. Here I would like to argue that ...