Stem cells

Haruko Obakata caused a sensation earlier this year with papers, now discredited and retracted, that claimed a simple method for creating pluripotent stem cells

Big visions for cell biology prompted Paul Allen to launch the Allen Institute for Cell Science, and new director Rick Horwitz explains its new way of seeing cells

High costs keep patients from using stem cells harvested from umbilical cords

Congress can be...chaotic. Last Thursday night, President Obama unveiled plans for immigration reform, and literally challenged Congress to stop him.

I’ve been mentioning R&D in talks and articles a lot lately. Most audiences outside the beltway don’t immediately know I mean Research and Development – until I explain it’s the part of our federal budget accounting for a good deal of “science stuff.” R&D supports basic research and leads to new innovation while helping boost [...]

The artificial human guts could be used to study diseases and test drug treatments

Surgeons implanted retinal tissue created after reverting the patient's own cells to a "pluripotent" state

The stem-cell research community reels after Yoshiki Sasai, a famous name in regenerative medicine, is found dead on August 5

Patients' virus levels became undetectable after a bone-marrow therapy with stem cells

Experts say a $15-million trial to explore stem cells from cord blood for treating autism is premature

Can excellent scientists be excellent physicians at the same time? "I would like to ask you about a trip to Thailand." This is not the kind of question I expected from a patient in my cardiology clinic at the Veterans Administration hospital in Indianapolis.

High-profile reports claiming an easy way to create pluripotent cells were flawed.