They also have the potential to replace damaged or diseased tissues. In humans, creating induced pluripotent stem cells involves reprogramming specialised adult cells like skin cells back into a ...

Rusty Gage is awarded the 2024 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize for reshaping our understanding of stem cells in the adult brain and making landmark discoveries that may contribute to the development of ...

The big picture: Nearly two decades ago, Shinya Yamanaka and Kazutoshi Takahashi discovered they could turn mature somatic cells back into stem cells. The scientists predicted these new cells could be ...

Shinya Yamanaka on stem cells, longevity, and the ethics of pushing biology’s limits. Nobel Prize winner Shinya Yamanaka joins bioethicist Insoo Hyun to discuss stem cells, longevity, and ethics. They ...

It’s been a good week for advocates of stem cell research, both politically and scientifically. On Wednesday, an appellate court allowed the government to continue its funding of human embryonic stem ...

The Gladstone Institutes is boldly going where few stem cells have gone before. The Gladstone Institutes is boldly going where few stem cells have gone before. With the help of a $5 million gift from ...