Tag: stem cells

Making Heart Muscle

By Emily Singer | 10/16/2009 | 0 Comments

Newly identified cardiac stem cells form a functioning strip of heart muscle.

Reprogrammed Human Cells Shed Light on Rare Disease

By Courtney Humphries | 08/20/2009 | 0 Comments

A new study uses induced pluripotent stem cells to investigate a neurological disease and test drugs.

Protein Treatment Repairs Heart Damage

By Amanda Schaffer | 07/24/2009 | 3 Comments

The treatment causes adult heart-muscle cells to proliferate and cardiac function to improve.

Provoking Our Inner Stem Cells

By Lauren Gravitz | 07/17/2009 | 1 Comment

A startup aims to spur the body's native stem cells to heal disease.

A Limb Regeneration Mystery Solved

By Courtney Humphries | 07/02/2009 | 4 Comments

Salamanders regrow limbs with less drastic cellular changes than previously thought.

Medicine's New Toolbox

By Lauren Gravitz | 06/30/2009 | 7 Comments

An alternative way to make stem cells could open a window on human disease.

How Down Syndrome Stops Cancer

By Jocelyn Rice | 05/21/2009 | 0 Comments

Customized Down syndrome stem cells reveal a way to starve tumors.

Immune Overhaul for Diabetes

By Courtney Humphries | 04/14/2009 | 0 Comments

Some diabetics who received a stem-cell transplant do not need insulin injections years later.

Human Heart Grows New Cells

By Nora Schultz | 04/02/2009 | 0 Comments

Drugs that enhance this innate capability might help heal injured hearts.

Stem-Cell Repair Kit for Stroke

By Michael Day | 03/09/2009 | 12 Comments

A stem-cell matrix can repair brain damage in rodents.

Freeing Up Stem-Cell Research

By Emily Singer | 02/10/2009 | 5 Comments

Scientists get ready for the end of federal restrictions on embryonic-stem-cell research.

Grow Your Own Eggs and Sperm

By Lauren Gravitz | 02/02/2009 | 0 Comments

Researchers take a step toward letting infertile women be their own egg donors.

Regenerating Neurons in Eyes

By Amanda Schaffer | 11/25/2008 | 0 Comments

Researchers stimulate the growth of new retinal cells in mice.

Immortalizing a Piece of Yourself

By Emily Singer | 10/31/2008 | 0 Comments

Stem cells derived from volunteers for the Personal Genome Project will be disseminated globally.

Prostates Grown from Stem Cells

By Jocelyn Rice | 10/23/2008 | 1 Comment

New proof that the mouse prostate contains stem cells could aid cancer research.