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

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 ...

Researchers have developed a way to grow a highly specialized subset of brain nerve cells that are involved in motor neuron ...

Actor Abhay Deol has revealed undergoing stem cell therapy in South Korea to treat chronic knee pain and sciatica caused by a ...

When celebrities talk about a health condition or medical treatment, it garners attention. The same thing happened when ...

Most people have heard of stem cells. They are often described as "miracle" cells –ones that can grow into any other type of cell in our bodies, promising revolutionary medical treatments. However, ...

According to Mayo Clinic, stem cells are a special type of cell that have two important properties that make more cells like themselves.

C.J. Nitkowski had nothing to lose in spring 2011. The rotator cuff in his left shoulder that he’d relied on during his decade as a major league pitcher was in tatters. He was 38 and his fastball ...

Q. I am a 45-year-old competitive racquetball player who has had six months of right shoulder pain. The pain is worst on overhead motions while playing. The discomfort also wakes me at night. An MRI ...

Whenever I discuss stem cell therapies with non-biologist friends, I’m struck by how confused they often are about what stem cells actually are and what they do. There is particular confusion in ...

New scientific methods could one day render animal studies—the standard in research laboratories for more than 100 ...

Actor Abhay Deol recently underwent stem cell therapy and hailed it for using body's own cells to promote healing. He had ...