There are two major properties of a stem cell: potency and self-renewal. By potency, we mean a cell’s ability to give rise to specialized cells. Some stem cells are more potent than others, but at the ...

A firsthand account of regenerative aesthetics’ latest development, as Acorn Biolabs banks stem cells from the hair follicle and creates personalized anti-aging “secretome” serums for patients.

When you were first conceived, you were a single cell. From this basic fact, we can extrapolate a few things, most especially that all the cells that make up your body today came (indirectly) from ...

Researchers have created a way to guide and control the development of stem cells into specific tissues and organs, opening the door to developing a means of one day tackling complex diseases like ...

Your skin is in a constant state of reinvention. Every month, your body sheds and regenerates its entire outer layer—a complete turnover powered by tiny, tireless stem cells. These same cells spring ...

Self-renewal, on the other hand, refers to the ability of the stem cell to regenerate itself. All of us walk around with stem cells that repopulate our blood and our muscle tissue and our skin tissue.