Scientists in the Netherlands are the first to isolate stem cells from the adult human heart, from which they were then able to grow new heart tissue.
The biotech company Pluristem Therapeutics Inc., specializing in adult stem cells, has been chosen to present at the First Annual Israeli Presidential Conference.
Stromal cells found in menstrual blood offer a highly preferable alternative therapy to a number of diseases including those requiring organ transplantation.
An intercultural consortium of researchers from across the European Union issues the first report identifying neural stem cells in the adult human spinal cord.
U.S. President George W. Bush speaks on abortion, embryonic stem cell research, and other topics at the 5th annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast held in Washington, D.C. this morning.
A team of researchers in Japan has succeeded in differentiating cardiac precursor-like cells from mesenchymal stem cells that were derived from human menstrual blood.
