Blood transfusions are crucial in human and veterinary medicine, yet human blood reserves are in constant need of donors while blood bank systems in veterinary care are nearly non-existent.

Since Shinya Yamanaka (Kyoto University, Japan) detailed the process through which somatic cells can be reprogrammed to a pluripotent stem-cell state, the applications of these induced pluripotent ...

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found a new approach to the "reprogramming" of ordinary adult cells into stem cells. In a study published today in an Advance Online paper in ...