Every cell in our body contains the entire genetic program to become any cell type. Such cells are called “stem cells”. But once turned into a muscle cell, it can never evolve into a neuron. So, we ...

People attending a football match will be asked to sign up to a stem cell register in the hope of finding a donor for a local man. Marshall Davies, 21, from Telford, was diagnosed with a rare and ...

The patient was awaiting a heart transplant when she underwent the experimental stem-cell procedure as part of a clinical trial. During the surgery, the woman's heart was implanted with tiny ...

During the surgery, the woman's heart was implanted with tiny patches of heart muscle cells, which had been grown from stem cells in a lab. These 10 patches, each comprised of about 400 million ...

A Whipple procedure (pancreaticoduodenectomy) is a complex surgery involving several procedures during one operation. It is often performed to treat pancreatic cancer. It will take time for the ...

Neurons are cells in the body that are responsible for transmitting electrical signals through the nervous system. Different types of neurons affect the ability to move, which begins as an impulse, or ...

Department of Orthopaedics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an 710032, China Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an 710032, ...

Eating foods high in key nutrients, including iron, folic acid, and vitamin B12, and limiting alcohol may help increase your red blood cell count. Red blood cells are the most common cells in ...

In 2009 a team of biophysicists led by Anthony A. Hyman of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, were studying specklelike structures called P ...