Meet the scientist sending tumors into space
What happens when you catapult cancer into space? Or shoot stem cells toward the stars?…
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In a first, fetal cell organoids generated from amniotic fluid, new study reports
As a fetus develops, its body is bathed in amniotic fluid: a warm, salty soup…
STAT+: Could kidney transplant patients be spared a lifetime of immunosuppressants?
Kidney transplants are the most common organ transplant procedure in the U.S., with 25,000 taking…
New definition of a human embryo proposed amid rapid scientific advances
When someone says the word embryo, what do you think of? Probably that picture you’ve…
STAT+: Scientists inch closer to single-shot gene editing cure for blood disorders
What is the best way to fix faulty blood cells, and do so for the…
STAT+: Global controversy heats up the race to build human embryos from stem cells
Earlier this month, a British journalist broke the news that researchers had taken a major…
Gene therapy trial shows promise for treating ‘bubble boy’ syndrome. Now comes the hard part
H.T. Begay is a happy kid. He’s smiley, silly, and definitely trying to make you…
In armadillos, leprosy expands healthy liver tissue. Could that tell us something about regenerating our own?
The mystery started with some skin samples. Anura Rambukkana was a Ph.D. student in Amsterdam,…
Synthetic mouse embryos created from stem cells — without sperm, eggs, or a uterus
Lit from below by the microscope’s soft glow, the translucent mouse embryos looked exactly as…
In a boost for species conservation, freeze-dried mouse cells produce healthy pups
Two years after scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland delivered Dolly the sheep, the…
Opinion: Google’s ongoing stem cell problem points to a larger issue with its search results on unproven therapies
Hey, Google: Remember that stem cell problem you tried to fix in 2019 by banning…
Provocative new findings suggest a surprising cause of Down syndrome: cells linked to aging
Down syndrome is the most common genetic disorder, impacting about 1 in 700 newborns around…
Q&A: Bioethicist Leigh Turner on the worrisome boom in unregulated stem cell clinics
In 2016, the Food and Drug Administration put the emerging stem cell cottage industry on…
Opinion: For now, stem cells for Covid-19 are mostly a shot in the dark
The uncertainty over how to effectively treat Covid-19 is proving to be an opportunity for…
In mouse experiments, scientists unlock the key to scar-free skin healing
Scars. Like memories, we all have them. When you look at a scar you might…
International team creates first chimeric human-monkey embryos
A team of scientists from the U.S., China, and Spain reported Thursday they have created…
STAT+: In a stem cell experiment that seemingly failed, scientists see a possible way to prevent a devastating disease
The tiny mouse embryos were off to a promising start, many of them progressing from…
Ethics questions swirl around historic Parkinson’s experiment
A secretive experiment revealed this week, in which neurosurgeons transplanted brain cells into a patient…
A secret experiment revealed: In a medical first, doctors treat Parkinson’s with a novel brain cell transplant
A month before the scheduled surgery, the four researchers were ready to chaperone the brain…
Opinion: We need better regulation of stem cell therapies, especially rogue clinics
Rogue stem cell clinics continue to victimize hopeful patients seeking cures for cancer, Parkinson’s disease,…
STAT Plus: Facing bottlenecks in manufacturing cell therapies, Boston leaders plan to build their own
A group of leading Boston-area universities, hospitals, and corporations will create a new center for…
Opinion: Letting academic medical centers make CAR-T drugs would save billions
Draw blood from someone with cancer. Engineer their blood cells to seek and destroy cancer….