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 our bodies, promising revolutionary medical treatments. However, ...
The bone marrow appears to contain three types of stem cell populations: hematopoietic, endothelial progenitor, and mesenchymal (mesenchymal). The HSCs produce all of the types of formed elements of ...
Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the ...
In the early 2000s, dental clinician and stem cell researcher Songtao Shi’s six-year-old daughter lost her first tooth. Curious, Shi, then at the University of Pennsylvania, took a closer look at its ...
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 ...
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 our bodies, promising revolutionary medical treatments. However, ...