A coalition of anti-abortion legislators is calling for an end to human embryonic stem cell research at the National ...
Long before birth, the prenatal liver fosters the stem cells that will power our blood and immune systems for a lifetime. The fetal liver functions like a finely tuned incubator, providing the perfect ...
A research team at UC Davis Health in Sacramento has completed what the institution calls the world’s first treatment combining open fetal surgery with a stem-cell–seeded patch to repair spina bifida ...
The combination of placenta-derived stem cells (PMSCs) with standard in utero repair for severe spina bifida appears feasible and safe, with no cell-related adverse events observed at birth, a ...
This is the longest-lived set of developing kidney organoids derived from tissue stem cells The kidney developed over a half a year, enabling real-time observation, gene isolation for birth defects ...
A study in mice has found that maternal gut microbiome composition during pregnancy has long-term effects on offspring stem cell growth and development. The researchers, headed by Parag Kundu, PhD, at ...
Researchers from the Organoid group (previously Clevers group) at the Hubrecht Institute have developed a new organoid that mimics the human fetal pancreas, offering a clearer view of its early ...