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

How do stem cells know what to become? Nearly three decades after scientists isolated the first human embryonic stem cells, ...

The human brain can do many amazing things, but self-repair is not one of its repertoire of abilities. Once neurons die—from ...

Researcher Dhruv Sareen’s own stem cells are now orbiting the Earth. The mission? To test whether they’ll grow better in zero gravity. Scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles are ...

Robert Madson has spent most of his life in the Air Force. After 28 deployments and flying all over the world in cramped cockpits, pain in his back and neck have taken a toll. He's hoping the public ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved stem cell therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). However, people could participate in clinical trials involving this ALS treatment.

There’s unexpected movement in the world of cell biology — specifically, with the energy factories known as mitochondria. Ever since they were discovered in the mid-nineteenth century, mitochondria ...

Orthopedic non-invasive stem cell therapy regenerates damaged tissue rather than just improving symptoms. Autologous stem cell therapy uses cells from your own body, minimizing rejection risks.

Khloé Kardashian has “fallen in love with stem cells.” And she’s not the only celebrity to embrace a new treatment that proclaims to reduce chronic pain and even provide anti-aging benefits. “I work ...

In MS, immune system cells mistakenly attack myelin. With stem cell treatment, doctors use chemotherapy to destroy these existing immune cells. Then, they introduce the new stem cells, which are not ...

Dermatologists are one step closer to understanding what causes gray hair — and potentially one day being able to reverse it. Stem cells that live in the hair follicle, called melanocyte stem cells ...