stem cells

Health By Sharon Begley

Ethics questions swirl around historic Parkinson’s experiment

Exclusive By Sharon Begley

A secret experiment revealed: In a medical first, doctors treat Parkinson’s with a novel brain cell transplant

First Opinion By David A. Pearce

We need better regulation of stem cell therapies, especially rogue clinics

Business By Sharon Begley

Facing bottlenecks in manufacturing cell therapies, Boston leaders plan to build their own

Don't Miss By Sharon Begley

What’s in the cards for this year’s Nobel Prizes? Scientists are placing their bets

In the Lab By Sharon Begley

With mini-placentas and mini-brains, scientists try to unravel the roots of psychiatric disorders

Biotech By Kate Sheridan

A mysterious startup launched with an impossibly ambitious rallying cry. Now its plans are coming into focus

Health By Liz Szabo — Kaiser Health News

Employers are steering workers toward a controversial stem cell therapy

Politics By Eric Boodman

Stem cell clinics co-opt clinical-trials registry to market unproven therapies, critics say

First Opinion By Jeremy Snyder

GoFundMe should stop embracing and promoting unproven clinical research

Health By Megan Thielking

Crowdfunding raises millions for unproven — and potentially harmful — treatments

First Opinion By Paul J. Hauptman

Stem cell clinics for heart failure: buyer be wary

Biotech By Andrew Joseph

What will FDA’s new rules mean for legitimate stem cell treatments?

Politics By Usha Lee McFarling

What the FDA’s promised crackdown on stem cell clinics means — and what may come next

Health By Andrew Joseph

Federal agents seize unauthorized smallpox vaccine as FDA signals broader crackdown on stem cell clinics

In the Lab By Sharon Begley

Mice show signs of mental disorder after brains injected with cells from schizophrenic humans

Health By Sharon Begley

Three patients blinded by stem cell procedure, physicians say

Quick Take By Megan Thielking

Take a journey into the center of a cell

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

FDA weighs crackdown that could shut hundreds of stem cell clinics

Health By Melissa Bailey

Harvard Medical School appoints prominent stem cell scientist as new dean

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

Stem cell clinics hawking unproven therapies sprout up across US

Politics By Andrew Joseph

Drive to get more patients experimental stem cell treatments stirs concern

Exclusive By Sharon Begley

Lung cancer surgery left her ‘leaking’ and near death. Belly fat saved her life

Health By Liz Kowalczyk — Boston Globe

He went abroad for stem cell treatment. Now he’s a cautionary tale

In the Lab By Associated Press

Stem cell scientist suspected of involuntary manslaughter