KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For the last 25 years, the Li Lab at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City, Missouri, has taken part in groundbreaking research related to stem cells and the ...

The cancer stem cell (CSC) paradigm is pivotal for understanding tumor progression, relapses, and therapeutic failure. Endowed with self-renewal, ...

Dr. Christina Cho highlights the Adult Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program for its innovative research and compassionate, multidisciplinary team. Dr ...

Cancer spreads (metastasizes) when tumor cells shed from a primary solid tumor (for example, in the breast) and embed in ...

In a first-of-its-kind clinical trial, UCLA scientists have shown it's possible to reprogram a patient's blood-forming stem cells to generate a continuous supply of functional T cells, the immune ...

Though most men with advanced prostate cancer dramatically improve after hormone-deprivation therapy, their tumors nearly always come back in a drug-resistant and lethal form. A new study involving ...

After nearly a decade of treatment, a Texas woman reached remission through an FDA-approved cellular therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Trachea cancer patient receives new trachea grown from own stem cells. Jan. 13, 2012— -- Christopher Lyles, 30, of Abingdon, Md, exhausted the limited treatment options available in the U.S. for ...

An international research team, led by scientists from Tel Aviv University and Sheba Medical Center, has unveiled an innovative method for activating adult stem cells from human bone marrow, enabling ...