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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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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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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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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…
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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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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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Selma Blair's son helped shave her head ahead of her stem-cell transplant in one of the most emotional scenes in 'Introducing, Selma Blair'
"Introducing, Selma Blair" is "a story about human spirit and triumph and everything that comes wit…
Esme Mazzeo
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The FDA just approved the first gene editing therapy for sickle cell anemia, but it'll cost $2.2 million per person
The FDA approved the first ever gene therapies offering a "functional cure" for sickle cell anemia,…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Scientists grew blood in a lab and transplanted it into people for the first time
Lab-grown blood could increase the options available for people with rare blood types and disorders…
Andrea Michelson
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Why we still haven't cloned humans — it's not just ethics
Human cloning has been possible for 7 years, but we haven't done it yet. Here's why scientists don'…
Abby Tang,Michelle Yan,Victor…
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COVID-19 casts shadow on stem cell treatment across country
"Lockdown has affected transplantations, for sure. It has gone down to 20-30 per cent. There are pa…
PTI
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Leprosy has the potential to help regrow damaged livers finds new study
Researchers have discovered that parasites associated with leprosy can reprogramme cells to increas…
ANI
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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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About 17 Americans die waiting for transplants each day. Scientists are trying to make more organs in 5 creative ways.
Organ shortages are causing preventable deaths and risky transplants. New experimental methods of g…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A biotech company wants to take human DNA and create artificial embryos that could be used to harvest organs for medical transplants
Jacob Hanna, who led a successful mouse "embryo" experiment, wants to recreate it with human cells …
Hannah Getahun
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GOP Reps. Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene were the only 'no' votes on a bill reauthorizing the National Marrow Donor Program
The program matches bone marrow donors with patients who have leukemia or other blood diseases. The…
Oma Seddiq
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A woman has been cured of HIV using a groundbreaking umbilical cord blood transplant, scientists say
A woman has reportedly become the third person to be "cured" of HIV via medical intervention, using…
Hilary Brueck
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Researchers Are Growing Human Livers From Stem Cells In Mice
Since the discovery of stem cells more than 30 years ago — those mystical cells that can become any…
Robert Ferris
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A 7-year-old boy needs a bone-marrow transplant. Being mixed-race makes it almost impossible to find one.
White people have significantly higher chances of finding a match than Latinos or Black people. Jax…
Elizabeth Broadbent
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Tech elites are now paying $2,750 a year to freeze stem cells from liposuctioned fat as a 'back up' for a longer life
Stem cells are unique because they can develop into many different cell types, from those that make…