A man who was fully paralyzed is now able to stand after receiving an injection of reprogrammed stem cells into his injured spinal cord. The result, announced by researchers in Japan, marks a rare and ...

A team led by researchers has discovered that a group of cells located in the skin and other areas of the body, called neural crest stem cells, are the source of reprogrammed neurons found by other ...

A team of health and medical researchers affiliated with a host of institutions across Sweden has tested the possibility of reprogramming cancer cells into cDC1 cells as a means for destroying the ...

Japan has cleared two therapies that began with the same lab technique and ended in very different parts of the body. One is placed on the surface of the heart. The other is injected deep into the ...

Japan’s health ministry has endorsed issuing conditional approval for two first-of-a-kind medicines. But some researchers say that the therapies — made from reprogrammed stem cells and called Amchepry ...

A mature cell of one type can be turned into a mature cell of another type without the cell having to pass through an earlier stage of development. This is called direct reprogramming, a reliable but ...