UCLA-led team safely uses human embryonic stem cells to treat macular degeneration.

For the first time ever, stem cells from umbilical cords have been converted into other types of cells, paving the way for new treatment options for spinal cord injuries and multiple sclerosis, among other nervous system diseases.

Study reports that patients with Type-1 diabetes responded to stem cell therapy with improved fasting C-peptide levels and other disease markers.

University of Pittsburgh (US) scientists improved the lifespan of mice with an aging disease by injecting them with normal stem cells.

A new way to deliver therapeutic human cells to diseased areas paves the way towards effectively using cell therapy to treat a variety of disorders.

University of Central Florida (US) team successfully uses stem cells to grow neuromuscular junctions between human muscle cells and human spinal cord cells.

Healthy, new heart cells regenerate after infusion of stem cells, in an animal model of chronic ischemic heart disease.

Researchers reverse the aging process for human adult stem cells, pinpointing the mechanism underlying the limited division of human adult stem cells as they age.

The University of Texas Health Science Center (US) reports that the use of a patient’s own bone marrow stem cells to treat acute stroke is feasible and safe.

Efforts to advance the field of stem cell therapeutics towards applications for human diseases may require new strategies.