When peripheral nerves are severed, Schwann cells at the injury site begin to proliferate and exhibit stem cell-like gene expression patterns.

The virus infects and kills human neural stem cells and impedes brain tissue development, according to a study.

The origins of adipocytes have been hotly debated, but a human study supports the idea that the bone marrow takes part. 

Specialized cardiac cells in the mouse heart appear to be the long-sought-after proliferative heart cells.

An acellular matrix can help guide stem cells to injury sites and regrow muscles in both mice and humans, a study finds.