Stem cells

Co-author Dr. Jaime Imitola of UConn Health, said: "They use fancy websites promising cures left and right, but which are nothing of the sort. They steal your money but give nothing in return."

"This represents a milestone in 'personalized medicine' for Parkinson's," said Kwang-Soo Kim, director of the Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory at McLean Hospital.

Professor Jian Feng of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences told Newsweek: "This will enable the generation of human cells, tissues or even organs in animals."

"Why do supercentenarians age so slowly?" study author Evan Y. Snyder said. "We are now set to answer that question in a way no one has been able to before."

Letters alerting families were mistakenly sent to the children rather than their parents.

A co-author of the study told Newsweek the research could one day be used to help rejuvenate other tissues.

Tandon is using stem cells and 3D printing to create living skeletal implants for those who need them.

The FDA and USDA will regulate meat created from cultured cells.

The heart tissue can be used to test new drugs for atrial fibrillation.

A team from Massachusetts General Hospital has created one of the most advanced models of Alzheimer's disease ever seen.

Treatments exist for symptoms, but scientists haven't been able to find a cure—until now.

The rats were drinking the human equivalent of over one bottle of vodka per day, for months.

In general, these kinds of small studies are done to make sure a treatment is safe. To figure out whether it really works, more studies have to be done.

Data from a highly anticipated, landmark study have finally been presented.

The new method involves creating several trees from one plant and therefore could be a "game-changer," according to one scientist.

A medical startup has developed an experimental "SkinGun"—the world's first device to use a patient's stem cells to directly heal the skin.

If a pig grows a human heart or human neurons, is it a person?

Teeth and taste buds develop from the same stem cells in an embryonic shark's mouth, researchers said.

The study has yet to be conducted on humans.

New research suggests the mosquito-borne virus could have deleterious effects on certain neural cells in adults.

Dental fillings that regenerate teeth are "a new paradigm for dental treatments" and could end root canals.

When Bush banned federal money going into stem cell research, the states stepped in.

Ten patients with age-related macular degeneration will undergo stem cell transplants with the promise of vision restoration.

Scientists said genetically-modified children could be "morally acceptable" in the future.

Stem cells from people of the same gender can be used to create human egg and sperm cells.

Researchers hope the chemical could be used to treat Alzheimer's disease.

The rising scientific star claimed to be able to produce stem cells from ordinary cells in simple laboratory procedures.