A new way of using umbilical cord blood for treating blood diseases could make the treatment more accessible to patients who ...

Myelomeningocele is the most severe form of spina bifida, a congenital disease resulting in lifelong disabilities, including paralysis. Despite advances in prenatal surgery, many children with this ...

The discovery of a gene essential to early embryonic development sheds light on the preliminary stages of human placenta formation. A team led by scientists from the University of California San Diego ...

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 ...