The stem cell-based embryo model and actual human embryos share many characteristics but are distinctly different. However, internationally, not everyone agrees on the definitions and what we should ...

A professor of plant molecular biology wants people to know that plants have stem cells too. Just like in the medical world, plant stem cells could support human growth and development when used to ...

Stem cell research recently celebrated its 60th anniversary. Although the first publications in this field appeared in the early 1960s, it took another 20 years before the first embryonic stem cells ...

There is a growing need for a holistic view of a future scientific enterprise that may result in significant changes to the current system. With support from the Kavli Foundation, this series of ...

Stem cells in most organisms typically take cues from adjacent cells. But new research from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research has found that stem cells in the freshwater planarian Schmidtea ...

Welcome to Lab Dish, a First Opinion column on regenerative medicine from Paul Knoepfler. Twenty years ago, the use of human embryonic stem cells in research was among the most fiercely debated topics ...

Women remain underrepresented in STEM jobs despite equal preparation. Children form “STEM identities” by middle school that shape careers. Primary caregivers, often mothers, are rarely seen as STEM ...

More than half of the National Science Foundation grants terminated since April fund programs that would help students train in science, engineering and math. By Katrina Miller Katrina Miller reported ...