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Inflammation may train skin to heal faster, suggests study

Inflammatory skin diseases are considered to be the most common problem in dermatology.

19 Oct 2017 12:19 PM IST

Stimulating the metabolism of stem cells that produce sperms in male body can shed light on new ways to treat infertility (Photo: AFP)

Heart failure may be treated by umbilical cord stem cells, says study

Research finds stem cell therapy shows improvement in hearts' ability to pump blood in year following treatment.

29 Sept 2017 8:58 AM IST

Chemotherapy is often regarded as the first option for breast cancer patients to shrink tumors and even blitz the disease altogether. (Photo: Pixabay)

Brain cancer can be fought with Zika virus, says study

Research shows that the virus specifically takes aim at brain cancer stem cells, the kind that tend to survive...

6 Sept 2017 8:51 AM IST

The integration of the intact gene through retroviral gene transfer into the genome of the epidermal stem cells had been successful. (Photo: Pixabay)

Umbilical cord stem cells may help repair cleft palate

The study is the first to use stem cells as part of primary surgery to repair cleft palate in an infant.

3 Oct 2018 7:13 PM IST

Stem cells, or unspecialised cells that can produce tissue, are currently used to help patients with damage to their bodies. (Photo: Pixabay)

Soon, a green way to enlarge penis

The findings indicated that the stem cell surgery can reduce risk and speed up recovery times.

21 Jan 2018 2:22 PM IST

Scientists grow first adult-like human heart muscle. (Photo: Pixabay)

Scientists grow first adult-like human heart muscle

The team from Columbia University used stem cells to grow it.

5 April 2018 11:32 AM IST

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Japan scientists to use 'reprogrammed' stem cells to fight Parkinson's

Clinical trials come after researchers used human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) to restore functioning brain...

31 July 2018 1:33 PM IST

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Human stem cells may restore function in primate heart-failures

Most heart failures are caused by the death of heart muscle due to heart attacks.

3 July 2018 9:55 AM IST

It could be a major breakthrough in the development of new non-opioid, non-addictive pain management strategies for patients.

First successful treatment for pain using stem cells discovered

The next step for the researchers is to perform extensive safety tests in rodents.

25 Jan 2020 9:13 AM IST

E. coli, Listeria and Salmonella were found in commercial frozen raw-meat pet food from Dutch companies. (Photo: Pixabay)

'Clean meat' grown in labs to soon be sold

Environmentalists believe process could reduce global warming, with one study predicting it could lower harmful...

3 March 2018 2:45 PM IST

Itll take another two decades to perfect the technique and create human embryos (Photo: AFP)

Scientists find way to create an embryo only with stem cells

This can also lead to progress in research for finding the cause for infertility and can also be used to test effects of...

3 May 2018 4:20 PM IST

The woman didnt find out how she looked like after the surgery and was devastated to see her reflection five weeks later (Photo: AFP)

Now millions of heart failure patients can be saved with breakthrough...

Majority of this stem-cell therapy takes place at home replacing other costly treatments like open heart surgery.

12 Jun 2018 1:30 PM IST