Silent cells deep in your spinal cord may hold a surprising key to healing after devastating injuries and brain disease. A ...

When tissue is severely damaged, surviving cells can respond in a concentrated burst of biological repair known as ...

A new study from the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute now shows how human stem cell based therapy may help ...

Every year, millions of lives are suddenly, swiftly transformed by a stroke, which occurs when a blood vessel travelling ...

Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye-called the ...

UCSF scientists engineered old fibroblast cells to turn their genes on and off in the same way as young fibroblasts. The old ...

New nanomaterial passes the blood-brain barrier to reduce damaging inflammation after the most common form of stroke. When ...

In order to reprogram readily available cells into specific immune cells that fight various diseases, one must know the ...

Working out doesn't just build muscle but, in later life, helps maintain a powerful cellular machine that repairs damaged ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological disease characterized by nerve damage and consequent impairments in vision, ...