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The inner cell mass (ICM) cells of blastocyst-stage early human embryos can be removed and cultured. These cells can be grown in the lab indefinitely. Various growth factors cause these cells to develop into a variety of differentiated cells, such as muscle or nerve cells.

• Stem cell treatment for heart failure takes small step forward
  

  Stem cell treatment for heart failure takes small step fo...

  Los Angeles Times | Eryn Brown Photo: Scientists are learning more about how to harness stem...

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• Scientists: Anti-psychotic drug also kills cancer
  Scientists: Anti-psychotic drug also kills cancer

  A drug with a long list of heavy side effects, commonly used to treat sufferers of schizophrenia, also possesses some startlingly potent anti-cancer properties, according to research published...

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• Cell-therapy conference feels (cautious) momentum
  Cell-therapy conference feels (cautious) momentum

  Last week, Columbia, Maryland-based Osiris Therapeutics boasted the “ world’s first approved stem-cell drug ”. It isn’t , but the drug, Prochymal, used to treat graft-versus-host disease...

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• Skin Cells Turned Into Beating Heart Muscle
  Skin Cells Turned Into Beating Heart Muscle

  LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - Scientists have for the first time succeeded in taking skin cells from patients with heart failure and transforming them into healthy, beating heart tissue that could...

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• Pioneers in Regenerative Medicine Reshaping the Landscape of Biotechnology
  

  Pioneers in Regenerative Medicine Reshaping the Landscape...

  Every industry or sector has pioneers that worked at the forefront of the field to shepherd new...

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