In the lab, it's easier to grow simple balls of cells than complex asymmetrical structures with two distinct ends—like the one million filtering units—nephrons—that make up a human kidney. But new ...

About 9% of men of reproductive age in the United States experience fertility problems. One of the many causes of male ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blood on a glass slide in a lab - Blood stem cells grown in lab for first time in major breakthrough Blood stem cells have been ...

University of Cambridge scientists have used human stem cells to create three-dimensional embryo-like structures that replicate certain aspects of very early human development—including the production ...

"Prior to this study, developing human blood stem cells in the lab that were capable of being transplanted into an animal model of bone marrow failure to make healthy blood cells had not been ...

Two American Heart Association (AHA) journals, Circulation and Circulation Research, have retracted 13 papers from the now defunct laboratory of cardiac stem cell researcher Piero Anversa, MD. All 13 ...

Artificial cells created in the laboratory offer a wide range of potential applications. Until now, however, their membranes—unlike those of real cells—have been virtually impermeable. Researchers at ...

Nature is beautiful, powerful and essential. But nature is not always gentle. The same biological world that gives rise to forests, coral reefs and human life also produces infections, cancer, genetic ...

In the study, immune deficient mice were injected with the lab engineered human blood stem cells. It found the blood stem cells became functional bone marrow at similar levels to that seen in ...