The scientists from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle) managed to transplant their own genetically modified blood stem cells to patients suffering from brain cancer. This is the first attempt to protect human bone marrow from the toxic side effects of chemotherapy. As a result of this operation, two patients with glioblastoma (an incurable disease) who ... Full story

Over the next two years, the scientists intend to test the blood created in laboratory from human stem cells. If the experiment is successful, the artificial blood will be widely used in transfusions. Full story

The scientists from the University of Maastricht (The Netherlands) said they developed a method for producing meat without killing animals. They managed to create and introduce to public opinion the first hamburger grown in vitro. To create such a hamburger, they used meat derived from stem cells. Full story

Those who have not had time to create a storage of stem cells of umbilical cord blood can now store stem cells from adult human blood in a special bank. Full story

A recent study in Cancer Research reports that a new medication made up of a well-known diabetes cure Metformin and an anti-cancer agent may become the best cancer inhibitor so far. Full story

Researchers at the Stanford University claim that fat removed during liposuction surgery can be used as a valuable source of stem cells. Fat cells are ready to be reprogrammed into stem cells right away without preliminary growing in the lab for several weeks. Skin cells that are often used to produce stem cells must be grown from three to four weeks before they can be ... Full story