Stanford Medicine pediatric hematologist Agnieszka Czechowicz, MD, Ph.D., has devoted her research career to improving ...

BALTIMORE -- The 4-month-old on the operating table has a shocking birth defect, nearly half his heart is too small or even missing. To save him, surgeons will have to reroute how his blood flows, a ...

Stem cell therapy could represent a new frontier in the treatment of certain birth defects. Preliminary research published today suggests that donor stem cells received in the womb can help children ...

This image shows a postnatal neural stem cell (NSC) in the ventricular-subventricular zone. The majority of postnatal NSCs are maintained in a quiescent state, allowing for long-term maintenance.

All cell types found in the body are derived from stem cells. However, genetic mutations can impact the ability of stem cells to develop into fully functional cells. Also, as the body ages, the number ...

Stem cells can fight disease from the inside out. But not all treatments are created equal. By Mohana Ravindranath The promise of stem cell therapy is powerful. Scientists can draw versatile cells ...

In an allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplant, the blood system of a recipient with a haematological disease is replaced with that of a tissue-matched donor. For many individuals with such diseases, ...

Modern medicine has begun to recognize that the placenta can have significant medical and scientific value even after ...