Discovery of the human skeletal stem cell opens the way to regenerate cartilage and bone to repair damaged tissues, say Stanford scientists.
A profile by The Scientist of Lucy Shapiro, PhD, highlights her career and the passions that guided her groundbreaking scientific research.
Stanford researchers identify a new protein that can fully substitute for one of the key "Yamanaka factors" to reprogram adult stem cells.
Blood cells to neurons in just three weeks? Stanford researchers pull off an amazing biological transformation that could transform research into neurological disorders such as schizophrenia and autism.
Mimicking a stem cells' natural environment in the laboratory is impossible without recent bioengineering advances. Stanford scientists reflect on the field and speculate about future possibilities, including growing whole organs.
Protein aggregates in young neural stem cells seem to echo those seen in neurodegenerative disease-- but could they actually be helpful? As the cells age, they become less able to process the aggregates and their ability to activate is dampened.
Reaping stem cells’ full therapeutic benefits requires a detailed understanding of the complex relationships between the cells and their environments -- whether in a lab dish or a patient’s body.
For outsiders, it's easy to get confused about the status of stem cell science. If you have questions, a recent Stanford Magazine article offers a reader-friendly entrée. …
Human embryonic stem cells are wonderful things. If, that is, you can get them to do what you want. Although they can become any cell …
National Public Radio's Science Friday is one of my favorite ways to spend my lunch hour (or two). Hosted by science journalist Ira Flatow, it's an engaging …
Seven Stanford researchers, including Irving Weissman, MD, who directs Stanford’s Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, and David Magnus, PhD, director of Stanford’s …
We all know that sleep is important for many biological functions. But I'm still surprised at the breadth of its influence. Today, a former postdoctoral …
It has been a momentous month for Stanford researcher Maria Grazia Roncarolo, MD. Following decades of research in Roncarolo’s lab and the clinic, pharmaceutical company …
Academic institutions are in a much better position than pharmaceutical companies to make the best decisions about which therapies deserve further development. That was the …
At the Childx conference last week there was a great deal of optimism that stem cell and genetic therapies are about to have a huge impact …
Jill Helms, PhD, a professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Stanford, leads a team of scientists that are working on methods to activate a …
