San Diego startup Gallant announced $18 million in funding to bring the first FDA-approved ready-to-use stem cell therapy to ...

Researchers from Sweden have discovered that the human brain continues to grow new cells in the memory region—called the hippocampus—even into old age. Using advanced tools to examine brain samples ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a common, debilitating neurodegenerative disease affecting about 10 percent of people over the age of 65 and one third of people aged 85 and above. Besides environmental ...

A new way to grow stem cells may help them release more of the signaling proteins they use to repair tissue, potentially ...

Can research into a rare, accelerated aging disease and "zombie cells" teach us something about the normal aging process?

Now, researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet say they’ve found the clearest answer yet. They report the discovery of ...

By using a genetic technique developed at UT Southwestern Medical Center that forces cells to rid themselves of mitochondria, researchers are gaining new insights into the function of these critical ...

Scientists discovered that the brain keeps making new neurons even in adulthood, offering hope for brain health treatments.

Stem cell therapy has restored insulin production in about 10 patients with Type 1 diabetes, according to a study published ...

A new study from Sweden’s Karolinska Institute offers strong evidence that the adult human brain can generate new neurons, ...

Chinese scientists have, for the first time, cultivated a beating heart structure with human cells in a pig embryo, reporting ...