Bone-marrow-derived stromal cells are the functional components of the haematopoietic stem cell (HSC) niche that support HSC homeostasis and they have anti-proliferative features that are in ...

Clinical trials test the safety of stem-cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease Both studies, which are reporting the results of early-stage clinical trials, show that the interventions were safe ...

Two independent clinical trials demonstrate the safety of stem cell therapies for Parkinson’s disease. The papers, published in Nature, investigate the use of cells derived from human ...

These cells share important molecular and functional characteristics with neural stem cells of the brain. Peripheral neural stem cells have the same cell morphology, self-renewal and differentiation ...

A single shot of stem cells may hold the cure for people paralyzed by a spinal cord injury. Stem cell scientist Hideyuki Okano from Keio University in Japan has just announced that a fully ...

To retrieve the sperm, a sliver of tissue is cut away from the skin—a less invasive procedure than the stem cell transplant, which requires opening up the testis. When Orwig’s team first ...

Medicare covers FDA-approved stem cell therapies for bleeding disorders and certain cancers, though out-of-pocket costs can still be high. Medicare Advantage or supplement plans may help with the ...

Over the next decade, stem cell technology is expected to become even more refined. Treatments are anticipated to become increasingly personalized and tailored to individual needs.

"This is the first stem cell trial in the cornea in the U.S., and is paving the way for further treatments of this sort," Jurkunas told ABC News. When the cells are depleted in the cornea ...

Two early-stage clinical trials demonstrate the safety and potential effectiveness of stem cell therapies to treat Parkinson’s disease (PD), the second most common neurological disease worldwide.