Our understanding of human placenta formation just deepened with the discovery of a gene essential to early embryonic ...

Tiny sacs from embryonic stem cells kept older cells from aging in the lab, according to Cornell Chronicle. Cornell researchers found that extracellular vesicles stopped cells from entering senescence ...

Gastrulation is the process that creates the 3 axes of the body. While this stage was thought to be driven solely by chemical signals, new tools made it possible to test whether physical forces play ...

Scientists at EPFL have created a scalable 3D organoid model that captures key features of early limb development, revealing ...

June 4 -- WEDNESDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- Using cells from pig ears and bone marrow, researchers in China generated a type of stem cell capable of developing into any type of cell in the body.

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. Researchers at the University of Minnesota are scrambling to figure out if any of their embryonic stem cell projects ...

WASHINGTON -- In a little-noticed ruling this spring, the Bush administration made it a bit easier for federally funded researchers to use embryonic stem cells that do not meet the president's strict ...

Programmable CRISPR tools are turning stem cell biology into something closer to software engineering, shrinking ...

Today, a U.S. judge ruled that taxpayer dollars can, in fact, be used to support embryonic stem cell research. President Obama had lifted restrictions on federal funding in 2009 but two scientists ...

A small shift in nutrient supply has led to the development of a new method to rejuvenate stem cells. Scientists at the University of Copenhagen found that these “super stem cells” remain healthier in ...