Millie Fairley, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, has aplastic anaemia, which affects around two people in every million in the UK.

Roughly 20 years ago, a biologist named Caroline Gargett went in search of some remarkable cells in tissue that had been removed during hysterectomy surgeries. The cells came from the endometrium, ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered how to reverse aging in blood-forming stem cells in mice by correcting defects in the stem cell's lysosomes.

Researchers are learning how to coax aging blood stem cells in mice to behave more like their younger counterparts, restoring ...

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 our bodies, promising revolutionary medical treatments. However, ...

Menstruation serves an important purpose, clearing the uterus out monthly in order to prepare the womb for a potential pregnancy. We women understand that, but still, bleeding every month down yonder ...

whether human stem cells (i.e. special types of cells that can renew themselves and develop into many different cell types in the body) are beneficial in reducing death in people with decompensated ...

Stem cells sent to the ISS return with signs of accelerated aging, revealing key risks for future space travel.

An important element in getting blood stem cells to multiply outside the body is to understand which of the approximately 20,000 genes in the human body control their growth. Now a research team at ...

Researchers at Stanford found a way to cure or prevent Type 1 diabetes in mice using a combined blood stem cell and islet ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." THOUGH THEY'RE CURRENTLY only approved to treat a small group of diseases, researchers are exploring a ...