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 ...

Your stem cells do lots of important work in your body, but a new study shows that they don't function properly in outer ...

For years, doctors and scientists have tracked how space changes the human body. Astronauts often come back with weaker ...

I just read the letter written by Michael W. Thies regarding stem-cell research and use. I normally don't respond to letters, but in this case I felt an obligation to the Trickey family to do so. The ...

For families of children with severe epilepsy, controlling seizures is often just the beginning of their challenges. Even in ...

In a first-of-its-kind clinical trial, UCLA scientists have shown it's possible to reprogram a patient's blood-forming stem cells to generate a continuous supply of functional T cells, the immune ...