Biologists have developed an efficient way to genetically modify human embryonic stem cells. Their approach, which uses bacterial artificial chromosomes to swap in defective copies of genes, will make ...

Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) hold great promise as models for human development and disease, as well as for drug discovery and cell-replacement therapies. Progress toward these goals has been ...

UC San Diego scientists havedramatically improved the success rateof genetically modifyinghuman embryonic stem cells. This advance brings the promise ofbetter treatment of genetic diseases. The new ...

A discovery, several years in the making, demonstrates that adult skin cells can be converted into neural crest cells (a type of stem cell) without any genetic modification, and that these stem cells ...

Sangamo may have a “functional cure” for HIV. It is currently in two Phase 2 studies designed to maximize the engraftment of CCR5-disrupted T-cells. The two studies, which will focus on reduction or ...

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Calimmune, Inc. today announced that encouraging results from a first group of participants indicates the company is ready to begin treating a second cohort in a clinical ...

A joint research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has used stem cells to generate human ...

A discovery, several years in the making, by a UB research team has proven that adult skin cells can be converted into neural crest cells (a type of stem cell) without any genetic modification, and ...