Twelve people with type 1 diabetes who received an investigational off-the-shelf stem cell therapy were able to produce their own insulin and keep healthy blood glucose levels for at least one ...

The new approach, described in the journal Materials Today Bio, could improve stem cell-based treatments for conditions such as heart disease, liver damage, and autoimmune illnesses.

A single infusion of a stem cell-based treatment may have cured 10 out of 12 people with the most severe form of type 1 diabetes. One year later, these 10 patients no longer need insulin.

A new stem cell treatment could eliminate the need for insulin therapy in people with type 1 diabetes, a disease where the pancreas doesn’t produce insulin, according to a study authored by ...

A push to open up the field of unregulated stem cell infusions meshes with his oft-stated contention that the F.D.A. is a “sock puppet” for major drug companies and faces a crisis of distrust.

From mixed to matched: new marker pinpoints therapeutically relevant stem cell–derived islets Human pluripotent stem cell–derived islets hold great promise as a functional cure for diabetes.

The newly reactivated stem cells generate healthy cells that fill areas of the heart sustaining damage. The drug works in laboratory mice and a small number of pigs, Scripps says, although results ...

We can then turn those cells into beating heart cells and use them later in treating congenital heart defects,” the study’s ...