Study: Stem cells may aid vision in blind people
Two legally blind women appeared to gain some vision after receiving an experimental treatment using embryonic stem cells, scientists reported Monday....read more
View ArticleReport: Women have rare egg-producing stem cells
For 60 years, doctors have believed women were born with all the eggs they'll ever have. Now, Harvard scientists are challenging that dogma.read more
View ArticleGirl's stem cells used to make her a new vein
For the first time doctors have successfully transplanted a vein grown with a patient's own stem cells, another example of scientists producing human body parts in the lab. In this case, the patient...
View ArticleBone marrow donors soon may be compensated
Certain bone marrow donors could soon be compensated for their life-saving stem cells after federal officials declined to take the matter to the U.S. Supreme Court, allowing a lower court order to...
View ArticleEvidence grows that stem cells in tumors may fuel cancer's return
How can a cancer come back after it’s apparently been eradicated? Three new studies are bolstering a long-debated idea: that tumors contain their own pool of stem cells that can multiply and keep...
View ArticleDoctors announce trial to cure autism with cord blood
Researchers announced Tuesday the beginning of a FDA-approved clinical trial that uses umbilical cord blood stem cells to ‘cure’ autism. Dr. Michael Chez, director of pediatric neurology at Sutter...
View ArticleStem Cells from Blood May Banish Wrinkles, Restore Elasticity to Aging Faces
For some, wrinkles are seen as a sign of character. For most, they are an unwelcome reminder of ageing. However, scientists are developing a method that may finally end the need for the routine of...
View ArticleWhy brain tumors are so hard to destroy
The most common and aggressive brain tumor grows by turning normal brain cells into stem cells, which can continuously replicate and regrow a tumor with only a handful of cells left behind, new...
View ArticleStem cell op may 'restore sperm'
Boys left infertile by childhood cancer treatment may one day be able to produce healthy sperm by using stored stem cells, monkey research suggests.
View Article2-year-old girl gets windpipe made from stem cells
A 2-year-old girl born without a windpipe now has a new one grown from her own stem cells, the youngest patient in the world to benefit from the experimental treatment....read more
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