Stem Cell Therapy For Arthritis: Is It Possible To Wind The Aging Clocks Of The Cartilage Cells In Your Joints Backwards?

Research on stem cells is leading scientists to investigate the possibility of cell-based therapies to treat disease, which is often referred to as regenerative medicine.
Stem cells have two important characteristics that distinguish them from other types of cells. First, they are unspecialized cells that renew themselves for long periods of time through cell division. The [...]

Tissue Engineering: An Explanation of How Stem Cells Can be Used to Regrow Cartilage

The perpetual search for the Fountain of Youth has both fascinated as well as eluded human beings for centuries.
What has been particularly interesting has been the observation that other species (eg, earthworms, salamanders, etc.) can regenerate severed body parts… but human beings cannot.
The recent surge in interest in tissue engineering has been prompted by the [...]