Ms. Lacks’s family accused Novartis of profiting from her cells, which were taken from her without her consent in 1951, when ...

Novartis has settled a suit by Henrietta Lacks' estate alleging the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off cells were ...

A first-in-human trial shows the feasibility and safety of delivering placenta-derived stem cells during prenatal ...

Stem cell therapy performed on babies in the womb could reverse brain abnormalities linked to a severe birth defect, experts ...

Human pluripotent stem-cells (HPSCs)—including human embryonic stem-cells and human induced pluripotent stem-cells—are reshaping the landscape of regenerative medicine.1,2 In Parkinson's disease, ...

Henrietta Lacks’ cells were the first to reproduce in a laboratory, outside the human body, and have been used in ...

A team led by University of Osaka researchers has developed a technique to generate testes from mouse embryonic stem cells ...

Doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ cervical cells in 1951 without her knowledge. Those HeLa cells became ...

Frailty can typically only be lessened through lifestyle changes, but a stem cell therapy seems to target the underlying causes of the condition, boosting the mobility of frail older people ...

Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) members Ratnakar Singh and Michael Spinella collaborated in new research that fills in ...