Stem cell therapy is an emerging treatment for type 2 diabetes. Although it’s not yet FDA-approved in the United States, it is a rapidly expanding and promising field of research. Stem cells are ...

Researchers have discovered how to block cells dying, in a finding that could lead to new treatments for neurodegenerative conditions like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. The team at WEHI ...

While CAR T cell therapy—a personalized form of cancer immunotherapy first successfully developed by Carl June, MD, and his team at Penn—has revolutionized treatment for many blood cancers ...

We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Until now, cells dividing by mitosis were thought to grow round and then split into two identical, spherical daughter cells.

SEVEN YEARS AFTER HIS INITIAL CHEMOTHERAPY AND STEM CELL TRANSPLANT, IT CAME BACK. MYELOMA IS A DIFFICULT DISEASE TO FIGHT. IT SEEMS LIKE IT ALWAYS COMES BACK. IT’S NOT CURABLE AT THIS POINT.

Scientists from The University of Manchester have changed our understanding of how cells in living organisms divide, which could revise what students are taught at school. In a study published ...

For over 150 years, scientists have known that wounds alter electric fields across skin cells, says cell biologist Min Zhao of the University of California, Davis School of Medicine. But they didn ...

For the first time, high-resolution time-lapse videos of tiny bits of living plants show how they assemble their protective cell walls, researchers report March 21 in Science Advances. The image ...

Red blood cells transport oxygen throughout your body, including to vital organs and tissues. They also help your body get rid of carbon dioxide. Too little or too many red blood cells may be ...

A growing body of work suggests that cell metabolism — the chemical reactions that provide energy and building materials — plays a vital, overlooked role in the first steps of life. Each of us starts ...

And in some cases, both these events can occur. Ultimately, cells become energy-depleted, and this can lead to organ dysfunction and failure. POLG mutations are the most common cause of inherited ...

On February 13, Allogene Therapeutics published new long-term follow-up data on cemacabtagene ansegedleucel, showing the investigative allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy ...