The University of Tokyo fired researcher Hisashi Moriguchi on Friday over his bogus claim that he conducted the world's first clinical trial using a trailblazing stem cell technology, it said. While Moriguchi, 48, earlier claimed that six people with serious heart failure were treated using induced...

A new method of using adult stem cells as a model for the hereditary condition Gaucher disease could help accelerate the discovery of new, more effective therapies for this and other conditions such as Parkinson's, according to new research from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Scient...

It is rumoured that the late Kim Jong-il would inject himself with blood from healthy young virgins in a bid to slow the ageing process. Remarkably, the North Korean dictator might have been onto something. Experiments on mice have shown that it is possible to rejuvenate the brains of old animals ...

Mary Lou Rusco was recovering from four open heart surgeries when she discovered she had Leukemia. Devastated but undaunted, she found new hope in an adult stem cell plant at KU Medical Center in Kansas City. Her story is an inspiration to all who hear it. To watch the video please click here   ...

In a newly planned trial, recently approved by the FDA, researchers will examine whether stem cells obtained through umbilical cord blood at birth may be an effective treatment for children with autism. The 30 children that will participate in the placebo controlled trial, ages 2-7, had umbilical c...