ScienceHealthScienceHealthScientists Are About to Try to Create Stem Cells in SpaceCedars-Sinai researchers are working with Axiom Space to test if stem cells can be easily produced and grown aboard…ByEd CaraUpdatedApril 18, 2023
ScienceHealthScienceHealthIn a First, Scientists Say They Created 'Embryo-Like' Structures From Monkey Stem CellsResearchers in China implanted the structures in three surrogate monkeys, but they did not become viable fetuses.ByEd CaraPublishedApril 6, 2023Comments (3)
ScienceHealthScienceHealthThe Latest HIV Cure Is the First of Its KindThe "New York Patient" has been free of HIV for six years after a stem cell transplant.ByEd CaraPublishedMarch 16, 2023Comments (4)
ScienceHealthScienceHealthDonor CAR T Cells Show Promise as Cancer Treatment in Early Human TrialIn a Phase I trial of multiple myeloma patients, modified CAR T cells taken from others appeared to be a safe and…ByEd CaraPublishedJanuary 24, 2023Comments (2)
ScienceHealthScienceHealthBaby With Heart Defect 'Probably Saved' by Experimental Stem Cell InjectionDoctors at the Bristol Heart Institute are developing stem cell-based patches that could better repair heart defects…ByEd CaraPublishedDecember 20, 2022Comments (2)
ScienceHealthScienceHealthFor the First Time Ever, People Are Getting Transfusions of Lab-Grown Blood CellsUK scientists have begun the first clinical trial of lab-grown red blood cells, with the hope that they survive…ByEd CaraPublishedNovember 7, 2022Comments (7)
ScienceGeneticsScienceGeneticsUK Scientists Create a Mouse Embryo From Stem Cells, No Sperm or Egg RequiredThey are the second team in less than a month to claim having produced embryos from scratch.ByEd CaraPublishedAugust 25, 2022Comments (2)
ScienceAnimalsScienceAnimalsMale Mice Produce Rat Sperm in Novel Chimera ExperimentThe technology may one day offer a new way to preserve endangered species, scientists say.ByEd CaraPublishedAugust 4, 2022Comments (7)
ScienceHealthScienceHealthMost People's Livers Are Just 3 Years OldA new study finds that the average liver is no more than three years old, no matter the age of the person carrying…ByEd CaraPublishedJune 2, 2022Comments (15)
ScienceGeneticsScienceGeneticsGoogle Reverses Ban on Ads for All Stem Cell Therapies, Will Allow FDA-Approved OnesThe tech giant previously barred any ads for stem cell therapies, FDA-approved or otherwise, though companies…ByKyle BarrPublishedMay 9, 2022Comments (1)
ScienceHealthScienceHealthThe Skeevy Stem Cell Industry Is BoomingThe number of clinics selling unproven stem cell treatments in the U.S. has more than quadrupled since 2016,…ByEd CaraPublishedNovember 4, 2021Comments (11)
ScienceScienceScientists Grew a Brain-Like Blob With Primitive EyesThe brain organoids developed optic structures that reacted to light, but they're not conscious.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedAugust 18, 2021Comments (12)
ScienceHealthScienceHealthMouse Embryos Grow Successfully in Beakers, a Step Toward an Artificial WombQuivering with life, the developing mice moved ever-so-slightly in their vials. Just a few days since they were…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMarch 17, 2021Comments (10)
ScienceHealthScienceHealthFact Check: Here's the Deal With Trump's Antibody Cocktail and Fetal CellsThe inevitable happened, and Donald Trump wound up hospitalized with covid-19. But now Trump is supposedly recovered…ByTom McKay and Shoshana WodinskyPublishedOctober 8, 2020Comments (49)
ScienceHealthScienceHealthShady Stem Cell Therapies Can Cause Tumors, Infections, and Death, Doctors ReportA team of neurologists are raising a red flag over risky and unproven stem cell therapies. Their new study suggests…ByEd CaraPublishedJuly 29, 2020Comments (7)
ScienceHealthScienceHealthShady Stem Cell Clinics Are Peddling 'Immune-Boosting' Covid-19 TreatmentsSome stem cell clinics are trying to take advantage of the covid-19 pandemic, according to an expert who has been…ByEd CaraPublishedMay 11, 2020Comments (5)
ScienceHealthScienceHealthViagra Might Someday Enhance Bone Marrow TransplantsThe long story of sildenafil citrate, best known by the brand name Viagra, may have another chapter to it.…ByEd CaraPublishedOctober 10, 2019Comments (11)
ScienceHealthScienceHealthInvestigation Into 170 U.S. Stem Cell Clinics Finds Some Scary TrendsMedical clinics that provide largely unregulated stem cell treatments are popping up all over the U.S. But a new…ByEd CaraPublishedAugust 1, 2019Comments (3)
ScienceHealthScienceHealthMice Regain Their Sense of Smell After New Stem Cell TherapySmells, like the tangy scent of the ocean or the acrid odor of smoke, are powerful cues that shape our memories and…BySarah WellsPublishedMay 30, 2019Comments (3)
ScienceHealthScienceHealthContaminated Stem Cell Treatments Sickened at Least 12 People in 2018Public health experts have been warning us about clinics offering unapproved and untested stem cell treatments for…ByEd CaraPublishedDecember 26, 2018Comments (1)