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Diabetes, finally cured? Chinese scientists claim to have completely reversed Type 1 diabetes in patient using stem cell transplant
The patient showed significant improvement two and a half months post-surgery, no longer requiring …
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Is fasting good for you? A new study reveals some hidden risks and benefits of the practice
The effects of fasting on our bodies are not all black or white.
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$1.5 billion startup says it's getting close to bringing the woolly mammoth back from the dead with elephant cells
Colossal Biosciences, valued at $1.5 billion, said it can create a mammoth-like, gene-edited creatu…
Marianne Guenot
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Smoking promoted hair growth for this Austrian man — but not where you would expect!
Our mystery hair-man was a dedicated pack-a-day smoker for nearly two decades. In 2007, he began to…
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Lung, heart stem cell study can pave way for new Covid treatments
Researchers have used heart and lung stem cells infected with the virus that causes Covid-19 to bet…
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George Kittle, top NFL tight end, leans on stem cell treatments from Panama to prevent and recover from injuries
Stem cell therapy for treatment of sports injuries is not FDA approved in the US, but a growing bod…
Meredith Cash
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Lululemon founder Chip Wilson takes 2 popular longevity drugs — and flies to Mexico for stem cell injections — to try to stave off his muscular dystrophy
Rapamycin and NAD are both popular longevity treatments. Lululemon founder Chip Wilson is taking bo…
Hilary Brueck
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Researchers are getting better at regenerating lab animals' limbs. They might regrow human body parts in your lifetime.
Growing new limbs from an amputation site is a major bioengineering challenge. For now, only lab fr…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Researchers behind the world's first living robot have found a way to make it reproduce — by shaping it like Pac-Man
Xenobots are made from the stem cells of the African clawed frog, which allow them to move around a…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Drew Barrymore banked her daughters' umbilical cord blood for the stem cells — but experts say it's usually not worth it
Drew Barrymore spoke to an OB/GYN on her show about the potential benefits of cord blood banking af…
Amber Middleton
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Hotels are offering guests $12,000 stem cell therapies, chewing lessons, and IV drips in luxury wellness kick
Luxury hotels and medispas costing up to $20,000 a night are stepping up their wellness offerings t…
Ryan Hogg
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A man has become the third confirmed person to be 'cured' of HIV with a stem cell transplant
Researchers said the man's case gives "valuable insights" into potential future HIV cures.
Amber Middleton
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Scientists rejuvenated the skin of a 53-year-old woman to that of a 23-year-old's in a groundbreaking experiment
The UK team used a technique developed by Nobel Award winner Shinya Yamanaka, who turned "normal" c…
Allana Akhtar
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A woman remains free of HIV 5 years after receiving a stem cell transplant, researchers say
The woman showed undetectable HIV levels for more than 18 months after she stopped taking her HIV m…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Scientists created a hybrid human-monkey embryo in a lab, sparking concerns others could take the experiment too far
The embryos were made by injecting human stem cells into macaque embryos as part of research into e…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Scientists create first synthetic embryos of mice without sperm or eggs
Scientists in Israel have grown synthetic embryo models of mice outside the womb by starting solely…
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Scientists created a fish from human stem cells that swims on its own. The bizarre experiment could one day help them build hearts from scratch.
The artificial fish is a bioengineering feat, but there are immense hurdles to overcome before scie…
Marianne Guenot
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Boosted by celebrity endorsements and a controversial research program, clinics are peddling stem cell autism treatments questioned by experts
A research program into stem cells and autism is attracting criticism. Experts say it is unwittingl…
Tom Porter
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Antiabortion groups say they stand behind Trump's use of a drug tested on cells derived from an aborted fetus because the president 'was not involved with that abortion'
Trump has restricted the use of fetal tissue for research, but his COVID-19 treatment was tested us…
Julia Naftulin
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An American woman gets reportedly cured of HIV after stem cell transplant
The woman dubbed as the New York patient is also the third person in the world to be cured of HI…