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# Stem Cells


## Stem Cells


* ![Chemistry TIME health stock](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca007b478e326ef5/6988c13597cdffc42b6b011f/time-health-stock-tubes-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 9, 2017  
## [What to Know About the Genetically Engineered Skin That Saved a Young Boy's Life](https://time.com/5014351/boy-receives-largest-skin-transplant/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alice Park
* ![Hand holding syringe in plain pink background TIME health stock](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43c6c4c5049c8305/6988c131dcd4a112710751eb/time-health-stock-syringe.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 29, 2017  
## [FDA Cracks Down on Stem Cell Clinics But Patients Are Still at Risk](https://time.com/4920259/fda-crackdown-stem-cell-clinics/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alexandra Sifferlin
* ![Close-Up Of Human Eye](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3de18d319594dac3/6988beafbc6cfc595b3e0892/gettyimages-608976329.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 16, 2017  
## [Three People Are Nearly Blind After Getting a Stem Cell Treatment](https://time.com/4703909/stem-cell-treatment-lose-vision/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alice Park
* ![pig](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b62a8fbd71c2d75/6988b766428a9e45cacd5a21/pig.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 26, 2017  
## [Human Muscle Cells Are Growing Inside of a Pig](https://time.com/4650323/stem-cells-organ-pig/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alice Park
* ![What's the deal with artificial meat?](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc12e436737de9c3d/6988a5b1428a9e27f1cd439c/artificial-meat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 14, 2016  
## [You Asked: Should I Be Nervous About Lab-Grown Meat?](https://time.com/4490128/artificial-meat-protein/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Markham Heid  
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Aug 5, 2016  
## [Human-Animal Chimera Studies Will Soon Be Allowed In the U.S.](https://time.com/4440907/human-animal-chimera-stem-cells/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alice Park
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jun 23, 2016  
## [How to Power Disney World With Rotten Tomatoes](https://time.com/4379690/how-to-power-disney-world-with-rotten-tomatoes/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute
* ![154725394](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6a26a04dae179d2/69887f1c5f570f931eb1fca8/gettyimages-154725394.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 25, 2016  
## [It’s Now Possible to Make Mouse Sperm in a Lab](https://time.com/4237422/first-functional-sperm-in-lab-dish/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alice Park
* ![128549927](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta477644b66db0faf/69887c530b72e388aa6e800a/gettyimages-128549927.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 5, 2016  
## [Shrinking Stem Cells Are the Real Reason for Hair Loss](https://time.com/4209749/hair-loss-stem-cells/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alice Park
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Dec 7, 2015  
## [How the Developing World Is Improving](https://time.com/4138326/developing-world-improving/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute  
* ![It's not this hard: New studies show better way to turn back the clock](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte0eff4e4d0c48c09/698873c3cf40a8dcd5c40ec2/clocks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 3, 2015  
## [4 Surprising Ways Science is Battling Aging](https://time.com/4134758/anti-aging-science/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![545861917](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt107fb724eaf56e65/698873505f570f3104b1e995/gettyimages-545861917.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 1, 2015  
## [Scientists Use Stem Cells From Rats To Create First Contracting Muscle](https://time.com/4131443/stem-cells-trachea-muscle/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alice Park
* ![117452503](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb30b3647fbf21c61/69886981e20a87a70da8ddb0/gettyimages-117452503.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 22, 2015  
## [Scientists Have Found a Way to Make Red Blood Cells](https://time.com/4084149/scientists-have-found-a-way-to-make-red-blood-cells/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alice Park
* ![Planned Parenthood President Feldt](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f8f4368ad536cc4/69885bc7cd1bba12956fc5be/gettyimages-676592.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 21, 2015  
## [Why We Still Need Fetal-Tissue Research](https://time.com/3965176/fetal-tissue-research-planned-parenthood-video/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alice Park
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jun 12, 2015  
## [Researchers Grow a Breast In a Dish](https://time.com/3919261/growing-a-breast-in-a-dish/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alice Park

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