Scientists have the technology to grow humans in Petri dishes, but they say there are better uses for it: to combat aging.

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Every organ in our body contains a small number of adult stem cells that are specific to its niche. These cells act like a ...

Most discussions about pluripotent stem cells center around their promise for regenerative medicine. The most remarkable quality of these cells is their ability to turn into all of the cell types in ...

The key takeaway from the study is that activating stem cells through molecular programming, rather than arbitrary cell transplantation, substantially improves the success rates of regenerative ...