Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPS)

Stem cells are the blank slate on which all the specialized cells in our bodies are built, and finding ways to revert adult cells back to that stage can help fight a whole range of illnesses. Now scientists at the Scripps Research Institute have found human antibodies that can perform the function.

Stem cells have been shown to do everything from regrowing skull bones to healing damaged lung tissue. They've even restored vision in rabbits. But when three adult women tried an unproven stem-cell treatment in Florida to combat vision loss from macular degeneration, they all went blind.

In a promising development that strengthens the case for personalized cancer care, scientists have demonstrated the possibility of predicting the potential for an individual to have adverse side effects to different drugs by first testing them on stem cells made from the patient's own blood.​

Japanese scientists' breakthrough procedure produces healthy mouse eggs from skin cells in a petri dish. What if you could do the same with human cells?

An international team of scientists has used human stem cells to build layers of eye tissue that was then implanted into rabbits to restore vision. With promising early results, the researchers say their findings could usher in trials where such transplantations are put to the test in humans.

A new process developed by a team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University converts fifty percent of blood cells into pluripotent stem cells.