CNN — (CNN) — Here is some background information about stem cells. Scientists believe that stem cell research can be used to treat medical conditions including Parkinson’s disease, spinal cord injury ...

Scientists have discovered a key biological safeguard that helps one of nature's most impressive regenerators, the planarian ...

Japan becomes the first country to approve stem-cell treatments for Parkinson's disease, offering hope to millions worldwide.

The always-popular Teach-In lecture series returns to UC Santa Cruz’s Alumni Weekend this year, with button-pushing presentations about the role of the humanities in a “post-truth” world and the ...

Although embryonic stem cells (ESCs) have been successfully derived from mice and rats, efforts to establish chimeric and germline-competent ESC lines in species beyond rodents have been unsuccessful.

A new study describes a technique that rejuvenates aging blood-forming stem cells and could help reduce the risk of age-related blood disorders.

Michigan's Proposal 2 would loosen our excessively strict regulations on embryonic stem cell research, which are among the toughest in the nation. The regulations were imposed back in 1978 in a ...

To the editor: I keep reading letters with assertions about what Amendment 2 does and does not allow. The language of the proposed amendment is clear enough to be quoted and understood. The first ...