Research A New Approach to Treating Blindness Different cases of vision impairment remain prevalent in the U.S.; around 12 million people who…Kiana KarimiOctober 2, 2022
Medicine Exosome Therapy – A Cure for Alzheimer’s Disease? Approximately 44 million people worldwide live with Alzheimer's disease (AD), a disorder that progressively destroys…Sangeetha RamachandranDecember 13, 2021
Medicine Cell Therapy to Treat Sickle Cell Disease Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder that affects approximately 100,000 people in…Sangeetha RamachandranJuly 18, 2021
Research New Gold Nanoparticles Can Help Seek Out Bone Stem Cells Broken bones are a pretty commonplace occurrence nowadays. In fact, most people will experience an…Kriti ShuklaMay 25, 2021
Research Personalized Neuron Transplants Reduced Parkinson’s Symptoms in Primates Parkinson's Disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases in the United States,…Angela WangApril 10, 2021
Research Novel Neuron Regeneration in Spinal Cord Injuries The nervous system, from the brain to the spinal cord to the nerves, allows us…Angela WangJune 26, 2020
Research Tendon Stem Cells to Contribute to Injury Repair After a tendon, ligament, or muscle has been injured, it is very common for scar…Jennifer ThompsonJanuary 21, 2020
Research Printing of the First Functional 3D Heart With the ability to give rise to numerous different cell types (pluripotency), stem cells are…Jennifer ThompsonSeptember 28, 2019
Research Are Humans Capable of Bone Regeneration? If you have ever broken a bone, you likely understand the associated pain. But do you ever…Raymond HoApril 27, 2019
Research Can We Reverse Aging? Humans have always sought perpetual youthfulness. Legends describe myths such as “the fountain of youth,”…Shriraj SusarlaFebruary 6, 2019
Medicine Parsley: Not Your Usual Garnish Parsley is a staple of many Mediterranean and Italian dishes and has been used since…Harjas SabharwalDecember 22, 2017
Research Scientists Find Greying Hair Cells Balding and greying hair are seen as inevitable consequences of aging. However, thanks to researchers at UT Southwestern…Brian LengSeptember 28, 2017
Research First Human-Pig Chimera The ability of stem cells to self-renew and differentiate into various cell types makes them useful tools…Raymond HoMarch 6, 2017
FeaturedResearch Using 3-D Printing with Stem Cells 3-D printing seems to have become one of our generation's great achievements. This concept has…Kishan PatelFebruary 28, 2017
Research Amniotic Stem Cells Improve Development of Blood Vessels Amniotic fluid is what surrounds a baby in the womb. It plays an important role in…Karina KakJuly 24, 2016
FeaturedResearch Skin Cells Kill Brain Cancer Cells The concept may sound crazy at first. Killing brain cancer cells with skin cells. How could that…Kishan PatelJune 4, 2016
Research Melanoma Formation in Zebrafish Could Lead to Preventative Cancer Treatment Melanoma is the most dangerous form of skin cancer, affecting over 135,000 individuals in the United…Samantha St GermainMarch 7, 2016
FeaturedResearch “Squeezing” – A Novel Method of Creating Stem Cells Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that hold the potential to differentiate into any type of…Alex RennFebruary 19, 2016
FeaturedResearch Current Research Shows Hope for the Future of Limb Regeneration There are currently nearly two million people in the United States living with limb loss.…Samantha St GermainJanuary 25, 2016
FeaturedResearch Lab-Grown Kidneys Shown to Be Functional Upon Transplant The kidneys are bean-shaped organs located in the back of the abdominal cavity and are involved in…Tory DoolinJanuary 21, 2016