New scientific methods could one day render animal studies—the standard in research laboratories for more than 100 ...

For the first time, researchers at the University of British Columbia have demonstrated how to reliably produce an important ...

Researchers have developed a vascularized organoid model of hormone secreting cells in the pancreas. The advance promises to improve diabetes research and cell-based therapies. Researchers led by ...

The study, published in British scientific journal Nature, suggests that the disease may begin in basal 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 ...

New fundamental research could help combat treatment-resistant leukemia and prevent relapses in children and adolescents. A group of scientists studied a certain type of leukemia and identified ...

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 ...

Stem cells can fight disease from the inside out. But not all treatments are created equal. By Mohana Ravindranath The promise of stem cell therapy is powerful. Scientists can draw versatile cells ...

By preserving fat tissue architecture, researchers created organoids that restore insulin function, paving the way for ...