“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.

Replacing diseased or injured cells is a primary ambition of regenerative medicine. New advances in the development of pluripotent stem cells could ... the need for a heart transplant.

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

It would be the dawn of a new era of regenerative ... Few question the medical promise of embryonic stem cells. Consider the biggest United States killer of all: heart disease.

H eart muscle cells grown from stem cells show promise in monkeys with a heart problem that typically results from a heart ...

Cardiovascular disease continues to lead as the primary cause of death across the globe, taking millions of lives every year.

Space-cultured stem cells have shown specific advantages for disease modeling and testing new therapies. For instance, ...

Pathways to new treatments ... with heart failure on optimal medical therapy, the ongoing trial are taking novel directions, Zhang says. These include: New cell types -; pluripotent stem cell ...

This study is the first to inject repeated doses of stem cells intravenously into patients who have heart failure due to a heart attack or coronary artery disease.

While the team at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute is making heart cells from stem cells in the blood for clinical use, it's also using these stem cells to figure out new drugs to treat ...