A burgeoning field is launching its first clinical trial to find out whether dialing back cell development can safely refresh ...

Cancer immunotherapy has advanced the field of medicine and cancer care. Specifically, immunotherapy refers to the targeted treatment of the immune system. Over the last few decades, immunotherapy has ...

Researchers showed that an experimental therapy indirectly converted suppressive immune cells into tumor-fighting cells. This ...

In order to reprogram readily available cells into specific immune cells that fight various diseases, one must know the “recipe” for the transformation. Researchers at Lund University have now created ...

In recent years, we have come to appreciate that loss or dysfunction of insulin-producing islet beta cells underlies virtually all major forms of diabetes mellitus. In type 1 diabetes, beta cells ...

Scientists at Life Biosciences are preparing to begin testing partial reprogramming in people. It will mark the first time ...

Mineral casts of cancer cell surfaces reprogram fat cells into stem cells and improve insulin sensitivity in obese mice ...

Endogenous Retroviruses (ERVs), relics from ancient viral infections, form a significant part of vertebrate genomes, including humans, where they constitute ...

Advances in iPSC technology and in vivo reprogramming are expanding the possibilities for cell therapy. Explore the science ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American NEW YORK—Despite a cloud of regulatory ...

Ageing reversal may be closer than we think – scientists have begun human trials to test anti-ageing methods.