Stem cell research has advanced so rapidly in the last few years that it’s easy to forget that the field as a whole is still a relatively new one, dating back just a few decades; so the progress that’s being made is all the more remarkable for that.To illustrate how recent this area of research … Continue reading A date in time: a chronological history of stem cells

It was 2012, and the worldwide scientific community was laser focused on two scientists—separated by decades of research but together comprising two halves of a groundbreaking discovery: that mature, adult cells can be ‘reprogrammed’ back into a stem cell, or ‘pluripotent’ state. The scientists, John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka, were awarded the Nobel Prize … Continue reading Pulling the Strings that Reprogram Cells