PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've identified the origin of bone marrow stem cells in a mouse embryo.
LOS ANGELES, March 12 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggests blood stem cells -- those that can differentiate into all the cells in the blood supply -- originate and are nurtured in the placenta.
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- University of Minnesota Medical School scientists have discovered new cord blood stem cells that might lead to regenerating nerve tissue after a stroke.
TORONTO, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Researchers at the University of Toronto have increased the number of stem cells in umbilical cord blood, improving their therapeutic usefulness.
SAN BRUNO, Calif., Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Recent findings of embryonic-like stem cells in umbilical cord blood may improve treatments for such conditions as diabetes, CBR Systems Inc. said Monday.
, Singapore, July 11 (UPI) -- The CellResearch Corp. in Singapore announced Monday it has discovered the outer lining of umbilical cords is a rich source of stem cells.
BALTIMORE, June 21 (UPI) -- Researchers in Baltimore have discovered that human embryonic stem cells grown in the laboratory develop spontaneously into blood cells.
HOUSTON, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Texas scientists who injected human stem cells into the ailing hearts of mice found the stem cells integrated with the heart cells to start healing.
AGOURA HILLS, Calif., June 2 (UPI) -- A California firm is offering healthy adults the chance to bank their own stem cells against the day they may need them to fight a serious illness.
HOUSTON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- A new University of Texas study indicates cells taken from a patient's own blood may one day be able to repair that person's damaged heart tissue.
SEATTLE, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Researchers said Tuesday they can increase the number of stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood significantly by exposing the blood to a particular molecule, a finding that could have important implications for stem cell research.