Stem cells are cells that have the capacity to self-renew by dividing and to develop into more mature, specialised cells. Stem cells can be unipotent, multipotent, pluripotent or totipotent ...

“We can use these synthetic organizers to push the stem cells toward making different parts of the early embryo or toward making a heart or other organs,” said Ophir Klein, MD, PhD, a member ...

Jennifer Doudna and her team invented the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology to cut out defective parts of a person’s genome and insert new ones, thereby banishing organic diseases and defects to ...

These cells, theoretically able to morph into any tissue in the human body, promised a medical revolution. Think: replacement parts for whatever ails you. But stem-cell science didn’t go smoothly.

“And so I conclude that blood lives and is nourished of itself and in no way depends on any other part of the ... specialized cells could be reprogrammed back to immature stem cells, Watt ...

Sana Biotechnology’s hypoimmune platform enables it to make a series of genetic modifications to cells, rendering the cells ...

Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) are considered a promising ... that can be used for long-term culturing of hiPSCs as part of their work on the SUSI (short for "Suspension Incubator ...

A group of immune proteins called the inflammasome can help prevent blood stem cells from becoming malignant by removing certain receptors from their surfaces and blocking cancer gene activity, ...