Altered stem cells offer cystic fibrosis hope
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Patients with cystic fibrosis could one day be treated using their own stem cells which have been given a shot of gene therapy to fix a faulty gene, suggests a new study.
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A therapy using embryonic stem cells  helped restore muscle function in mice with Duchenne muscular  dystrophy, the most common form of muscular dystrophy in  children, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.
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Scientists have discovered a new type of embryonic stem cell in mice and rats that should speed up research into regenerative medicine and help in the hunt for cures to a range of diseases.
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Stem cells taken from the umbilical cords of newborns can be engineered to produce insulin and may someday be used to treat diabetes, U.S. and British researchers reported on Friday.
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Toronto University scientists have said that stem cells can be a cure for diabetes, thereby eradicating the need for replacing insulin.
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The discovery of a mouse embryonic stem cell startlingly similar to its human counterpart will likely speed progress toward the regeneration of healthy cells and organ tissue in people, two studies reported Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - Adults with cystic fibrosis  fare better when they undertake an unsupervised home exercise  regimen tailored to their liking, UK researchers report in the  medical journal Thorax.
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CHICAGO - Austrian researchers are successfully treating incontinent women with the patient&#39;s own muscle-derived stem cells. The findings of the first clinical study of its kind were presented today at the
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Stem cell research could provide a new treatment for incontinence, a new study has suggested. Research featured in the New Scientist suggests that it may be possible to use a patient&#39;s own stem cells to rebuild weak bladder muscles.
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Scientists have moved closer to being able to use human stem cells to manufacture blood.
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A new way to manipulate human embryonic stem cells offers hope of a treatment for muscular dystrophies.
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Scientists turn embryonic stem cells into retinal cells for the first time. The groundbreaking work could be tested to treat human blindness in two years if all goes well. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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A treatment for muscular dystrophy may be within view after US scientists reported Sunday they used stem cell transplants to improve muscle function in mice afflicted with the disease.
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My children are great kids. They inspire me every day. Scott, 24, and his sister, Joy, 22, have cystic fibrosis. Thanks to the medicines available when they were young and new medicines available
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A new discovery about a cellular control mechanism could lead to drugs for both stem cell-driven tissue regeneration and cancer. American researchers at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina
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A patient's own stem cells could soon be used to cure chronic back pain, say researchers.
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New experiments suggest stem cell research may be possible using skin patches rather than embyros.