To perform this function, these cells must divide to renew themselves, while some of their descendants eventually differentiate to build up new tissues. By this definition, stem cells are ...

Embryonic stem cells can be trained to grow into heart ... After all, eggs that have failed to fertilize are almost by definition of poor quality. "They're not brilliant," she says of the eggs.

Wenzhou Medical University and collaborating institutions have identified a population of human neural retinal stem-like ...

Surgeons took stem cells from a healthy eye and transplanted them into the injured eye, successfully repairing "irreversible" ...

including any treatment or therapy that falls under the definition of stem cell therapy. The second orders the defendants to ...

The Stem Cell Core provides access to a streamlined, IRB-approved consenting process for acquisition of patient samples and generation of pluripotent stem cells and stem cell-derivatives for basic and ...

With two participants meeting the definition of partial success at 12 ... contains a large volume of healthy stem cells called limbal epithelial cells, which maintain the eye’s smooth surface.

This involves removing stem cells from a patient’s uninjured eye ... Two other participants met the definition for partial success, so the team claims an overall success rate of 92% for CALEC.

The study evaluated 14 patients that were treated with cultivated autologous limbal epithelial cells (CALEC) and followed ...