In 1998, researchers first isolated human embryonic stem cells, but research on them ... avoided that ethical controversy when he discovered that adult skin cells can be removed from the body ...

"While many regulators of embryonic stem cells have been identified, the same cannot be said for adult somatic stem cells, where our understanding of their maintenance and regulation are not as well ...

Scientists at the National Cancer Institute and partnering institutions have discovered that Schmidtea polychroa, a flatworm ...

Glycolysis is an ancient metabolic activity. It consists of a set of reactions that convert glucose into energy. This central ...

Scientists at the University of California, Riverside, have discovered how adult stem cells retain their regenerative power.

These are adult somatic (non-reproductive ... factors trigger changes that effectively turn each cell into an embryonic stem cell, which can then be coaxed into any desired cell type found ...

are pluripotent stem cells generated from adult cells by reprogramming. iPSCs have the same properties as embryonic stem cells, and therefore self-renew and can differentiate into all cell types ...

Two independent clinical trials demonstrate the safety of stem cell therapies for Parkinson's disease. The papers, published ...

For decades, scientists assumed that neural stem cells (NSCs) only occur in the brain and spinal cord. A new international ...