The most encouraging results came from studies in mice with damaged retinal blood vessels. When the lab-grown human cells ...

The immune system possesses legions of T cells that, if primed, could hunt down and destroy tumors. Now, a UC San Francisco ...

Defying long-held biological rules, an immature "starter" immune cell managed to stay young and divide indefinitely for ...

In a groundbreaking development, scientists have uncovered a type of immortal cell in laboratory settings, offering unprecedented potential for medical research and treatment. These cells, with their ...

In the lab, it's easier to grow simple balls of cells than complex asymmetrical structures with two distinct ends—like the one million filtering units—nephrons—that make up a human kidney. But new ...

Peppercorn-sized clumps of human brain cells grown in a lab for a record seven years aged similarly to those inside our heads ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blood on a glass slide in a lab - Blood stem cells grown in lab for first time in major breakthrough Blood stem cells have been ...

University of Cambridge scientists have used human stem cells to create three-dimensional embryo-like structures that replicate certain aspects of very early human development—including the production ...

Stem cells are precursors of a variety of different cells: They can turn into anything from blood to bone to muscle. Human blood stem cells, known as hematopoietic stem cells, are the forerunners of ...

A protein plucked from common soil bacteria and paired with a fatty acid can destroy colorectal cancer cells in laboratory dishes, Swedish researchers reported in a study published in Cell Death ...

As a teenager, Nanette Boyle competed in national meat-judging competitions with the National FFA Organization, once known as the Future Farmers of America. Now a chemical engineer at the Colorado ...

The results could shed light on why the animals rarely get cancer. But the researchers’ ultimate goal of bringing back woolly mammoths is still aspirational. By Carl Zimmer When the biotechnology firm ...