Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the ...

When you were first conceived, you were a single cell. From this basic fact, we can extrapolate a few things, most especially that all the cells that make up your body today came (indirectly) from ...

Stem cell research showing new possibilities for treating infant heart disease Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) Theme Director of Stem Cell Medicine Professor Enzo Porrello discusses how ...

For the first time, researchers at the University of British Columbia have demonstrated how to reliably produce an important type of human immune cell—known as helper T cells—from stem cells in a ...

How do stem cells know what to become? Nearly three decades after scientists isolated the first human embryonic stem cells, researchers are still working hard to understand precisely how a single, ...

Beating heart cells derived from stem cells shown up close In this remarkable video from researchers at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) in Australia, beating heart cells that have ...

Jennifer Zenker receives funding from NHMRC and Viertel Foundation. Most people have heard of stem cells. They are often described as “miracle” cells –ones that can grow into any other type of cell in ...

A new study by Canadian and U.S. researchers is shedding light on how the social media platform TikTok can be used to recruit ...

Researchers have unlocked a way to grow the immune system’s “conductors” from stem cells, bringing ready-made cancer-fighting therapies a big step closer. For the first time, scientists at the Univers ...

For the first time, researchers at the University of British Columbia have demonstrated how to reliably produce an important type of human immune cell-known as helper T cells-from stem cells in a ...