“Having access to the fetal tissue offers the possibility to model the fetal tissue while the baby is still in the womb,” said Mattia Gerli, a stem cell biologist at University ... these therapies ...

Moreover, despite Holt’s repeated justification that fetal stem cells are harvested only in order to “meet the need” for “precursor cells,” there is a difference between a “need” and ...

Our results show how a full complement of MCM proteins is specifically required to preserve the functionality of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and the proper ... leading to fetal anemia; in ...

Image of pancreatic organoids ... but generating fetal organoids has been largely prevented by ethical and legal restrictions concerning the harvesting of human tissues. In a breakthrough study, stem ...

Stem cells can produce any other cell type, it is just a matter of telling them in the right way. From a biological ...

It is the world’s first spina bifida treatment combining fetal surgery with stem cells. “When we found out about it, we were super hopeful,” Lindsey said. “Jared made a phone call ...

Stromal cells – also known as mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) – are non-hematopoietic, multipotent, self-renewable cells that are capable of trilineage differentiation (mesoderm, ectoderm, and ...

US doctors say they have successfully carried out surgery on babies in the womb to repair harmful spine defects using a special, therapeutic stem cell patch method. Experts hope the pioneering ...