If cancer is a disease of overabundance, where cells divide without restraint and tumors grow despite the body's best interests, then degenerative diseases are disorders of deprivation. When ...

Stem cells offer medical promise, but their capabilities vary. Adult, embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells each have ...

If cancer is a disease of overabundance, where cells divide without restraint and tumors grow despite the body's best interests, then degenerative ...

While cancer can strike nearly every organ in the body, the heart is a rare exception. Scientists believe this resilience comes from the heart’s limited cell division, meaning fewer opportunities for ...

The blood test can predict the presence of cancer cells with 90% accuracy and will expand to accept samples from other ...

If cancer is a disease of overabundance, where cells divide without restraint and tumors grow despite the body's best ...

A naturally occurring gene called Cyclin A2 ( CCNA2 ), which turns off after birth in humans, can actually make new, functioning heart cells and help the heart repair itself from injury including a ...

Heart failure (HF) has long been blamed on weakened heart muscle cells, but new research shows that support cells called fibroblasts may be a key factor. Researchers found that fibroblasts send ...

Since 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not required animal testing, thanks in part to organoids, which ...

A groundbreaking Northwestern study shows how “SuperAgers" keep the memory abilities of people decades younger, uncovering unique brain traits that help defend against Alzheimer’s disease.