In the first clinical study of its kind, researchers at Tokyo's Keio Unviersity have developed a stem cell treatment that ...

The treatment only has a 50% success rate so far, but those who have received it have reportedly experienced no significant ...

A paralysed man can stand on his own after receiving an injection of neural stem cells to treat his spinal cord injury. The ...

Stem cells let scientists create patient-specific brain cells, unlocking new insights into schizophrenia. This could lead to ...

Researchers at Keio University have begun using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) to treat and maybe even cure severe ...

Heart cells grown in space showed stronger survival, better function, and boosted healing traits. Spaceflight changed key ...

A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first ...

The brain runs on energy. Every thought, memory, or emotion sparks countless signals between nerve cells. That communication ...

Scientists have developed a breakthrough technique to directly convert skin cells into neurons, bypassing the need for stem ...

For years, a Japanese man lay motionless, paralyzed from the neck down after a devastating spinal cord injury. Doctors ...

Paralysis caused by serious spinal cord injuries affects more than 150,000 patients in Japan alone, with 5,000 new cases each ...