Girl hopes for more cell therapy
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The family of an eight-year-old girl with cerebral palsy want to extend her treatment in China.
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A Belgian woman has given birth to the  first baby born after an ovarian tissue transplant, a medical  breakthrough that brings hope to young cancer patients whose  fertility may be damaged by treatment.
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Multiple sclerosis patients are being injected with their own stem cells in clinical trials to test a new therapy.
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Immune cells taken from one person may be able to join the battle against cancer in another, says a researcher.
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Scientists develop a method of routinely growing stem cells in conditions similar to the human body.
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Curing blindness and treating diabetes "naturally" in mice are just two of the recent breakthroughs that suggest stem cells hold real potential for helping humans.
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A centre in Edinburgh is to develop human stem cell lines to help find treatments for diseases like diabetes.
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My daughter, Rebecca, is resilient, but we need more research and treatment for the epilepsy that plagues her.
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Stem cells from human eyes can generate various cell types required for sight, a finding that marks an important step towards regenerative treatments for eye diseases.
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SAN SALVADOR -- The first patient of the day was a plump 16-year-old wearing sparkly barrettes, Mary Jane-style shoes, and a shy smile.
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Pia Awal was in the midst of planning her October wedding when a routine doctor's visit brought devastating news. After more than a year of remission, her cancer was back. Now mid-October marks a different kind of milestone &#151; the time by which doctors say Awal, who has acute myelogenous leukemia, must receive a lifesaving stem cell, or bone marrow, transplant.
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Cord blood offers an ethical means of using stem cells to heal illness.
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Doctors have successfully transplanted insulin-producing cells from a mother to her diabetic daughter.
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Hannah Mollie Stimell, a 13-month-old girl, endured an arduous and complex treatment that her parents and doctors hoped would cure her of a fatal genetic disease.
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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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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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Stem cells, which are believed to hold great medical promise, also play a lead role in fuelling the formation and growth of brain tumours.