Often described as ‘miracle’ cells, stem cells need to be truly mastered if we’re to use them in medical treatments.

Doctors may be able to spare patients unnecessarily aggressive breast cancer treatments by collecting and testing cancer ...

Inhaled corticosteroids pose long-term risks in COPD management, prompting careful screening and potential de-escalation ...

As our hair goes gray and our muscles weaken with age, our immune system also changes. In particular, the stem cells that become blood or immune cells can develop mutations, potentially leading to ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - New research has identified yet another way that spaceflight tampers with the human body. A study involving samples flown on four SpaceX resupply missions to the ...

By electrically stimulating macrophages, scientists at Trinity College Dublin have found a way to calm inflammation and ...

Researchers have identified ways in which chemotherapy can damage healthy cells and found that some drugs can add decades of "age" to otherwise normal blood cells. Some chemotherapy drugs cause more ...