A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research
Ivan Martin talks about the promise of using cell-based therapies to regenerate joint cartilage.
The recipient of the first synthetic organ transplant—a synthetic trachea seeded with the patient’s own stem cells—is sent home from the hospital.
South Korea approves the first stem-cell medication for clinical use.
Fenugreek seeds are banned in Europe after authorities point the finger at them as a potential source of the deadly E. coli outbreak.
The deadly-when-eaten invasive amphibians that have been plaguing Australian wildlife for years continue to poison even after they’re dead.
A certain type of neural precursor does it all—replaces itself, differentiates into specialized brain cells, and multiplies into more stem-cell-like cells.
A new study finds that more than two thirds of Americans approve of the use of stem cells in research aiming to cure serious diseases.
I the dark Arctic shallows one research finds heterotrophic marine bacteria doing a surprising amount of carbon fixing.