Stem cell therapy has been around for treating different types of blood cancer, but is a relatively new form of regenerative ...

In December 2011, I reported on one of the first attempts to inject stem cells into damaged hearts. In that study, published in The Lancet, scientists grew stem cells from patients’ own hearts after ...

Stem cell therapy uses stem cells or their derivatives to repair and regenerate tissues that have been diseased, damaged, or ...

Unlike bone, cartilage has no capacity to regenerate itself and meniscal tissue has limited capacity for self-repair. Despite those challenges, however, researchers have made a great deal of progress ...

Stem cells can effectively repair damaged heart muscle in patients with chronic heart failure, reducing scar tissue and improving their quality of life, according to a preliminary study by researchers ...

As people age, they become less able to bounce back from injuries — a problem that adds risk to many of the common medical procedures the elderly face. At the same time, stem cells’ greatest promise ...

In a study published in Cell Research, researchers have identified a fibrous-layer resident subpopulation of P-SSCs labeled ...

A new study shows that delivering stem cells on a polymer scaffold to treat large areas of missing bone leads to improved bone formation and better mechanical properties compared to treatment with ...

Stem cell therapy offers a minimally invasive alternative to joint replacement surgery, with recovery times of just one to two weeks compared to months for major surgery Clinical studies show varying ...