Synthetic forms of the pineal gland polypeptide Epithalamin include Epitalon, Epithalone, and Epithalon. Russian scientist Vladimir Khavinson speculated that it may positively impact telomerase ...

Senescent skin cells, often referred to as zombie cells because they have outlived their usefulness without ever quite dying, have existed in the human body as a seeming paradox, causing inflammation ...

Converting one type of cell to another—for example, a skin cell to a neuron—can be done through a process that requires the ...

New research from scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) describes a process for converting skin cells directly into neurons that bypasses the induced pluripotent stem cell ...

Experts say the ingredient is a promising avenue for antiaging benefits without some of the side effects associated with ...

When the skin is injured, a stem cell’s survival instincts kick in. New research reveals that a simple amino acid, serine, helps push stem cells to abandon hair growth in favor of wound healing, ...

Researchers devised a process to convert a skin cell directly into a neuron, eliminating the need to generate induced pluripotent stem cells. Such neurons could be used to treat spinal cord injuries ...