Stem cells sound vaguely futuristic but they are increasingly being used in a wide range of medical applications. Their ...

We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Until now, cells dividing by mitosis were thought to grow round and then split into two identical, spherical daughter cells.

The study is to investigate the chondrogenesis of a kind of modified cell pellet formed using mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and gelatin microspheres containing transforming growth factor β3 (TGF-β3).

Stem cell-derived pancreatic islets are being studied as a rich transplantable source for insulin production, a therapeutic for type 1 diabetes that overcomes the need to obtain islet cells from ...