The link between nerves and cancer may be a promising target for new therapies, researchers report.

A new discovery about brain formation could one day one day allow bioengineers to coax stem cells to grow into replacement body parts.

A new way to convert human stem cells into insulin-producing cells cured diabetes in mice for at least nine months.

Scientists thought bone healing was the domain of skeletal stem cells, but another kind of cell steps up after an injury, research in mice shows.

A method for counting a cell's RNA-producing genes could help scientists track down some of the most dangerous cancer cells.

A new molecule, which patients could take orally, both attacks glioblastoma and destroys its defenses, which keeps the brain cancer from repairing itself.

A diabetes drug shows promise for treating recurrent miscarriages. The medication, sitagliptin, increases the number of stem cells in the uterus.

A set of injectable hydrogels can spur or stave off the body's inflammation response to speed up the healing process, a new study shows.

Plants have a "conductor gene" that masterminds the growth of root systems to make sure the whole system develops correctly.

Two genes that appear to help intestinal stem cells burn dietary fat may play a role in colon cancer, according to new research.