Stem cells, the 'building blocks' for every type of cell in the body, have tremendous potential to improve human health.
Oluwaseun Ogundele is a research assistant in the Hendrich Lab at the Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute. Here, she tells us about her work...
A unique, free new game – “part Sims, part Tamagotchi” – lets players inhabit a stem cell researcher as they rise through the ranks: growing cells...
New research reveals how increasing brain stiffness as we age causes brain stem cell dysfunction, and demonstrates new ways to reverse older stem...
A combination of heart cells derived from human stem cells could be the answer to developing a desperately-needed treatment for heart failure...
Scientists in Cambridge and London have developed a catalogue of DNA mutation ‘fingerprints’ that could help doctors pinpoint the environmental...
A second person has experienced sustained remission from HIV-1 after ceasing treatment, according to a study published today in Nature.
Researchers say that new ‘mini-placentas’ – a cellular model of the early stages of the placenta – could provide a window into early pregnancy and...
Would you eat a burger that had been grown in a lab? It may not be long before this is a choice at your local supermarket. Given the environmental...
A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has developed an artificial mouse embryo-like structure capable of forming the three major axes...
The creation of artificial embryos has moved a step forward after an international team of researchers used mouse stem cells to produce artificial...
Almost 30 years on from the discovery of the genetic defect that causes cystic fibrosis, treatment options are still limited and growing antibiotic...
The past few years has seen an explosion in the number of studies using organoids – so-called ‘mini organs’. While they can help scientists...
