A second chance at life
Young brothers are saved by a team with new approaches to a rare genetic disease
Stem Cells
Beyond the bench
Surprising and sometimes strange biology fuels the future of medicine
Royal treatment
Honeybee protein keeps cultured embryonic stem cells youthful
Boning up
Researchers hope that understanding the genetics behind the fast bone growth and mineralization in antler regeneration can provide insight into treating fractures, osteoporosis and other bone diseases.
Inner origami
Scientists believe they have identified the process that is key to sending stem cells on the path to form distinct tissue types.
Growing human organs
Caution surrounds the use of animals to solve donor shortages
Brain balls
Tiny lab-grown blobs could aid understanding of psychiatric and neurological disease
Ready, set, …
The discovery that muscle stem cells behave differently in the body than they do in lab dishes changes how researchers view stem cell function.