“Philanthropic support plays a critical role in accelerating the development of these new, transformative treatments,” said ...

After years of controversy, stem cells are on the cusp of cures for conditions like epilepsy and type 1 diabetes.

Skeletal muscle has a profound ability to regenerate after injury. If you are playing soccer and you tear a muscle, you need ...

In a pioneering study at the University of Arizona, researchers discovered that some patients with artificial hearts show ...

Scientists have officially grown a notochord—the tissues that act as the “GPS for the developing embryo” by guiding the ...

IT IS THE FIRST STUDY TO GIVE STEM CELLS INTRAVENOUSLY TO PATIENTS WHO HAVE HEART FAILURE DUE TO A HEART ATTACK OR CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. DOCTOR ROBERTO BOLI, A RESEARCH PROFESSOR AT UOFL ...

To achieve this, he said, "we use a technology called induced pluripotent stem cells, where we can convert blood or skin cells of patients with heart failure into stem cells that we then turn into ...

They have used small molecules to turn these new stem cells from the blood into heart cells. Small heart organoids are developed in the lab — which can then be injected into the failing hearts ...

Renowned visionary English physician William Harvey wrote in 1651 about how our blood contains all the secrets of life. "And so I conclude that blood lives and is nourished of itself and in no way ...

Dr. Kevin Watt, team leader of the Heart Regeneration and Disease Laboratory at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) in Melbourne, Australia, understands this concept deeply. Stem Cell ...