A step toward lab‑grown sperm: Scientists turn stem cells into early sperm cells in a mini‑testis

About 9% of men of reproductive age in the United States experience fertility problems. One of the many causes of male ...
Phys.org

Team achieves successful reproduction of hematopoietic stem cell developmental process in an in vitro culture system

Researchers at Kumamoto University have achieved a notable advancement in stem cell biology by reproducing the developmental process of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in vitro. This culture system ...
Knowridge Science Report

A New Way to Clear Alzheimer’s Damage in Brain

Researchers have uncovered a promising new approach that could one day help treat Alzheimer’s disease by helping the brain remove harmful proteins. The study, led by scientists at the USC Stem Cell ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Researchers Created Structures That Produced Blood Cells in the Lab—With a Process That Mimics Real Human Embryos

Stem cells are precursors of a variety of different cells: They can turn into anything from blood to bone to muscle. Human blood stem cells, known as hematopoietic stem cells, are the forerunners of ...

Mature eye cells turn back into stem cells after injury, mouse study finds

Researchers at Technion have uncovered a surprising natural mechanism through which the body repairs itself: Contrary to what ...
Columbia Missourian

MU scientist perfects animal stem cell process

In what he refers to as a "small step," an MU researcher has coaxed stem cells harvested from pig blood into becoming bone, blood vessel and neural cells. Elmer Price, a professor of biomedical ...