Stem cells serve as the source of all the other specialized cells in the body. Here is part 2 of a series of four animations on stem cells created by Riken...

Rudolf Jaenisch, a pioneer of transgenic science at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Mass. explains how researchers have manipulated...

Stem cells provide the starting material for the development and repair of every organ and tissue in...

Identification, isolation and large scale culture of stem cells for potential medical applications is a major challenge in cell biology. However,...

Researchers have reprogrammed skin cells into embryonic stem cells. This new technique could be used to develop stem cell lines without use of controversial...

University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have recently found evidence that adult bone marrow stem cells may help cure certain genetic eye diseases.

The US Patent and Trademark Office has just revoked three stem cells patents hold by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF). These patents,...

Stem cells are specialized cells that continually generate progeny cells for organ formation and maintenance...

Brain ischemia, the consequence of stroke, determines a widespread loss of different cell types in brain and thus it may benefit from exogenous stem cells...