A therapy using a patient's own proximal basal stem cells shows promise to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

A new study suggests that never-seen-before stem cells in the human retina can restore vision in mice with a common eye ...

Researchers successfully pulled off the first eye stem cell transplants to help heal cornea damage, and the results speak for ...

The study was led by Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers and surgeons. The researchers reported ...

It has long been thought that only nerve and heart cells use electric impulses to communicate, while epithelial cells -- which compose the linings of our skin, organs and body cavities -- are mute, ...

Researchers have discovered the likely origin of a deadly form of ovarian cancer, offering new hope for early detection and ...

The study evaluated 14 patients that were treated with cultivated autologous limbal epithelial cells (CALEC) and followed ...

New understanding of the molecular switch that regulates intestinal cell plasticity and regeneration could lead to better ...

These cells are often found in heterogeneous tumors and include cancer stem-like cells (CSCs), cells undergoing epithelial-to ...

A type of eye injury that caused blindness and was previously believed to be irreversible was cured in human trials using ...