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How Random Is Cancer? A New Study Adds to the Answer

With a bit of luck and inherited genes, you may be safe from cancer. However, a new study finds that it's not more of a "bad luck" than a combination of genes and lifestyle that leads to cancer.

By Alexis Villarias

4 Ways That Anti-Aging Means Longevity: The Science of Each

Experts however are suggesting that instead of focusing on these diseases, the treatment should target aging per se.
Ground Breaking Stem Cell Study for Therapy Emerges, Boasts of Cost-Effective Approach

The stem cell lines analysed in the study were established for clinical use by the Universities of Sheffield and Manchester, King's College London, and Roslin Cells, a company that specialises in the production of clinical-grade cells for use in therapies.
Stem Cell Drugs Found in Amphibians May Help Hasten Bone Healing

Researchers are still trying to figure out how drugs can help stem cells get into the bone. A recent study shows that problems with bone fractures are becoming a big problem for older people.
Defective Stem Cells: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy May Be Caused by Dystrophin Lack in Stem Cells, Stars Support Duchenne Charity

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a degenerative genetic condition that affects one in 3,600 children. An individual with this disease loses vital body functions over time and may die by their late 20s or early 30s. The common causes of death in these cases are weakened, even scarred, heart and lung muscles.
3D Printing and Stem Cells to be Used to Regrow Skulls

Cranial reconstructions will soon be radicalised with the addition of 3D printing and stem cells into the method.
Kidney Tissues Grown in Lab

Considered to be a breakthtough in transplant. Due to the critical shortage of donor organs to replace the ones damaged by accident or disease, it has been a goal of science to create human organs from stem cells.