If cells are removed from the embryo they will differentiate into any cell type. These are called embryonic stem cells. Some stem cells remain in the bodies of adults as adult stem cells.

Stem cells close stem cellA cell found in foetuses, embryos and some adult tissues that can give rise to a wide range of other cells. can divide to produce new cells, which can then divide into ...

Our laboratory aims at exploiting recent advances in stem cell biology to develop radically new therapies for degenerative disease and cancer. The main focus in the lab is on the biology and ...

Nature Publishing Group will launch an online resource for stem cell biology. Stem cell research is only a quarter century old and it is already the most publicly visible of the biological sciences.

Michael E. Cheetham works at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath ...

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 ...

A UPV/EHU study published in Stem Cell Research & Therapy has proven ... Ibarretxe and Pineda, lecturers in UPV/EHU's Department of Cell Biology and Histology, expressed great optimism when ...