A colony of stem cells extracted from human embryos has been grown in a British laboratory for the first time, scientists announced today. The breakthrough could mark the beginning of a new ...

After years of controversy, stem cells are on the cusp of cures for conditions like epilepsy and type 1 diabetes.

A stem cell clinic the FDA found to be operating illegally plans to appeal the agency's authority to the Supreme Court. The ...

Scientists have officially grown a notochord—the tissues that act as the “GPS for the developing embryo” by guiding the ...

World-renowned developmental biologist Janet Rossant begins as the new editor-in-chief of Stem Cell Reports, the journal of ...

“We can use these synthetic organizers to push the stem cells toward making different parts of the early embryo or toward making a heart or other organs,” said Ophir Klein, MD, PhD, a member ...

A quarter-century ago, researchers isolated powerful stem cells from embryos created through in vitro fertilization. These ...

"We can use these synthetic organizers to push the stem cells toward making different parts of the early embryo or toward making a heart or other organs," said Ophir Klein, MD, Ph.D., co ...

Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) are considered a promising tool in medicine, with the potential to unlock ...

When Science voted stem cell research its 1999 Breakthrough of the Year, the congratulatory article traced the field's origin to the 1981 successful culture of mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells. 1,2 But ...

This important study reveals a role for IκBα in the regulation of embryonic stem cell pluripotency. The solid data in mouse embryonic stem cells include separation of function mutations in IκBα to ...