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Researchers have found that human stem cells are constantly under stress in the microgravity of space, activating the "dark genome."

When Astronauts Enter Space, a “Dark Genome” Activates in Their DNA

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers in the UK have received approval to conduct the first ever human trials for a stem cell treatment to reverse hearing loss.

Stem Cell Treatment to Reverse Hearing Loss Kicking Off in Human Patients

By Frank Landymore

A woman with Type 1 diabetes said her diagnosis felt like a "death sentence" — but with a new stem cell therapy, she's now free.

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Diabetic Woman No Longer Needs Insulin After Single Dose of Experimental Stem Cells

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers have developed a stem cell treatment that they say allowed a paralyzed man to stand again following a spinal cord injury.

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Paralyzed Man Standing, Learning to Walk Again After Injection of Hacked Stem Cells

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists in Japan successfully used human stem cells to patch a hole in a monkey's retina, restoring the primate's vision.

Scientists Use Human Stem Cells to Restore a Monkey’s Vision

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A woman with type 1 diabetes received her own stem cells and started producing her own insulin — a first time ever successful experiment.

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Woman’s Own Stem Cells Appear to Reverse Her Type 1 Diabetes in First-Ever Procedure

By Sharon Adarlo

A biologist with the US government's research and development arm is working on a radical new approach to anti-aging treatments.

Government Scientist Investigating Whether Aging Parts of Your Brain Can Be Replaced With Cloned Tissue

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists hooked up brain tissue to a neural interface, allowing it to pass on instructions to a humanoid robot body.

Scientists Create Robot Controlled by Blob of Human Brain Cells

By Victor Tangermann

Good news for bad nuts: scientists have succeeded in growing itty bitty testicle organoids in a lab, which may help male infertility.

Scientists Grow Teeny Tiny Testicles in Laboratory

By Noor Al-Sibai

A California-based biotech company says it has successfully implanted lab-made neurons in Parkinson's patients' brains to stimulate dopamine.

Biotech Company Says It’s Implanted Dopamine-Making Cells in Patients’ Brains

By Noor Al-Sibai

A team of scientists in the UK have created "synthetic" mouse embryos without egg or sperm cells. It's a breakthrough in the field of genetic engineering.

Scientists Create Synthetic Mouse Embryos Without Sperm or Eggs

By Victor Tangermann

The world's first lab-grown "synthetic embryo" has once again roiled the stem cell ethics discourse even though the human version isn't coming anytime soon.

The World’s First-Ever “Synthetic Embryo” Is Already Causing Controversy

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia have managed to regrow bone by firing high-frequency sound waves at stem cells.

Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out How to Grow New Bone Using Sound Waves

By Victor Tangermann

Frogs have regrown limbs from an experimental drug cocktail — and in the near-ish future, humans may be able to do so, too.

Scientist Predicts Humans Will Be Able to Regrow Limbs “Within Our Lifetime”

By Noor Al-Sibai

The International Society for Stem Cell Research just loosened up decades-old restrictions on how long scientists can keep lab-grown embryos alive.

New Regulations Let Scientists Keep Lab-Grown Human Embryos Alive for Longer

By Dan Robitzski

A team of Japanese scientists cultured stem cells into hair follicles that can naturally grow back lost hair after it falls out.

These Lab-Grown Follicles Could Offer New Treatment for Baldness

By Dan Robitzski