Researchers have coaxed stem cells to grow into amniotic sacs filled with fluid 1. The model sacs, which grew to roughly the ...

To perform this function, these cells must divide to renew themselves, while some of their descendants eventually differentiate to build up new tissues. By this definition, stem cells are ...

By following the descendents of the stem cells for up to a year, the scientists discovered that these had changed, taking on the specialized features and amplified genomes of mature hepatocytes. “This ...

Embryonic stem cells can be trained to grow into heart ... After all, eggs that have failed to fertilize are almost by definition of poor quality. "They're not brilliant," she says of the eggs.

The Lee laboratory studies the mechanisms governing homeostatic turnover and reparative programs in stem cells, with a focus on elucidating how tissue perturbations lead to lung disease. We ...

In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have successfully created stem cells that are better at developing into other cell types, like a younger, fitter version of themselves ...

More information: Dong Han et al, Multipotent neural stem cells originating from neuroepithelium exist outside the mouse central nervous system, Nature Cell Biology (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41556-025 ...

With two participants meeting the definition of partial success at 12 ... The CALEC trial is the first human study of a stem ...

New research shows how aging shifts stem cells into overdrive to create more belly fat. It's no secret that our waistlines often expand in middle-age, but the problem isn't strictly cosmetic.