When you were first conceived, you were a single cell. From this basic fact, we can extrapolate a few things, most especially that all the cells that make up your body today came (indirectly) from ...

Most people have heard of stem cells. They are often described as "miracle" cells –ones that can grow into any other type of cell in our bodies, promising revolutionary medical treatments. However, ...

A new study by Canadian and U.S. researchers is shedding light on how the social media platform TikTok can be used to recruit ...

Stem cell therapy is one of the most talked‑about advances in modern medicine, but what does it really look like in practice?

How do stem cells know what to become? Nearly three decades after scientists isolated the first human embryonic stem cells, researchers are still working hard to understand precisely how a single, ...

Beating heart cells derived from stem cells shown up close In this remarkable video from researchers at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) in Australia, beating heart cells that have ...

Stem cell research showing new possibilities for treating infant heart disease Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) Theme Director of Stem Cell Medicine Professor Enzo Porrello discusses how ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and AlveoliX have developed the first human 'lung-on-chip' model using stem cells ...

Jennifer Zenker receives funding from NHMRC and Viertel Foundation. Most people have heard of stem cells. They are often described as “miracle” cells –ones that can grow into any other type of cell in ...