Stem Cells

What to Know About the Genetically Engineered Skin That Saved a Young Boy's Life

By Alice Park

FDA Cracks Down on Stem Cell Clinics But Patients Are Still at Risk

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Three People Are Nearly Blind After Getting a Stem Cell Treatment

By Alice Park

Human Muscle Cells Are Growing Inside of a Pig

By Alice Park

You Asked: Should I Be Nervous About Lab-Grown Meat?

Health-conscious eaters are wary of artificial anything. But here's why lab-grown meat tends to get a pass

By Markham Heid September 14, 2016

Human-Animal Chimera Studies Will Soon Be Allowed In the U.S.

The NIH is poised to lift a ban that prevented researchers from creating human-animal chimeras with stem cells

By Alice Park August 5, 2016

How to Power Disney World With Rotten Tomatoes

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute June 23, 2016

It’s Now Possible to Make Mouse Sperm in a Lab

The research has implications for infertile couples

By Alice Park February 25, 2016

Shrinking Stem Cells Are the Real Reason for Hair Loss

Researchers have zeroed in on one the driving forces behind hair loss, and it’s closely related to aging

By Alice Park February 5, 2016

How the Developing World Is Improving

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute December 7, 2015

4 Surprising Ways Science is Battling Aging

New strategies could mean big advances in staying young

By Jeffrey Kluger December 3, 2015

Scientists Use Stem Cells From Rats To Create First Contracting Muscle

Using stem cells from rats, scientists have generated new sections of the diaphragm that could one day replace damaged or missing ones in babies

By Alice Park December 1, 2015

Scientists Have Found a Way to Make Red Blood Cells

Researchers combined stem cell techniques with the latest genome editing strategies to grow red blood cells in the lab

By Alice Park October 22, 2015

Why We Still Need Fetal-Tissue Research

Two sting videos that claim to implicate Planned Parenthood in the illegal practice to selling fetal tissue for a profit prompted a Congressional investigation of the organization. But it doesn’t mean that research on fetal...

By Alice Park July 21, 2015

Researchers Grow a Breast In a Dish

Technically, it’s breast tissue but it develops in a lab culture the same way it would in a teen hitting puberty. And it could help scientists to better understand how the breast develops and what happens when things go awry in breast cancer

By Alice Park June 12, 2015

The Incredible, Surprising, Controversial New Way to Make a Baby

A new in vitro technique could change fertility

By Alice Park May 7, 2015

Meet the First Baby Born With Help From Stem Cells

This newborn is the first baby in the world born using a breakthrough IVF treatment

By Alice Park May 7, 2015

Five Best Ideas of the Day: February 17

1. Is the Taliban’s fracturing a sign of its demise or a possible turn to a more lethal strategy?By Sundarsan Raghavan in the Washington Post2. To fight cybercrime, President Obama needs Silicon Valley.By Katie Benner...

By The Aspen Institute February 17, 2015

Five Best Ideas of the Day: January 15

1. India and the U.S. have much to gain from strengthening their “unique but sometimes frustrating partnership.”By Nicholas Burns in the Boston Globe2. Big energy is betting on power storage tools that let customers take...

By The Aspen Institute January 15, 2015

Most Cancer Beyond Your Control

There’s a lot we can do to protect ourselves from certain cancers — don’t smoke, avoid prolonged exposure to the sun, and try not to breathe or ingest too many chemical pollutants in the air...

By Alice Park January 2, 2015