For the first time, researchers at the University of British Columbia have demonstrated how to reliably produce an important type of human immune cell—known as helper T cells—from stem cells in a ...

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has awarded $7.4 million to support a University of California San Diego team developing a first-of-its-kind stem cell-based gene therapy for ...

Novel research led by Brazilian scientists describes the immune system's reactions in detail in the first living patient to ...

Victoria Gray spent 34 years battling the debilitating pain of sickle cell disease. Then she volunteered to be the world's first "prototype" for a CRISPR therapy, based on technology invented at UC ...

I spoke with neuroscientists from an Incheon, Korea-based startup that's looking to minimize the symptoms of epilepsy or Parkinson's disease.