stem cells

Is there anything Anthony Rizzo can’t do?

Federal prosecutors in California and Florida sued on Wednesday to stop two companies from providing stem cell treatments, alleging the clinics marketed their procedures as remedies for ailments including cancer and heart disease without proof of safety and efficacy.

Rob Stafford shares the story of a little girl who was diagnosed with leukemia and needed a bone marrow transplant. Here’s how you can help Make a Difference for her family.

By the time she was 8, Mya ran circles around her brothers. Then suddenly her energy disappeared, and doctors delivered the news: She was diagnosed with leukemia and needed a bone marrow transplant.

Rob Stafford announced this week he will be returning to NBC 5 by the end of the month.

At Jef Boeke’s lab, you can whiff an odor that seems out of place, as if they were baking bread here. But he and his colleagues are cooking up something else altogether: yeast that works with chunks of man-made DNA. Scientists have long been able to make specific changes in the DNA code. Now, they’re taking the more radical step...

At Jef Boeke’s lab, you can whiff an odor that seems out of place, as if they were baking bread here. But he and his colleagues are cooking up something else altogether: yeast that works with chunks of man-made DNA. Scientists have long been able to make specific changes in the DNA code. Now, they’re taking the more radical step...

Rob Stafford’s treatment for a rare blood disorder isn’t over yet, but the beloved evening NBC 5 anchor announced Thursday he plans to return to work by the end of the summer.

Less than 24 hours after he blasted Jake Arrieta and allowed seven stolen bases, Chicago Cubs catcher Miguel Montero is reportedly heading out of town.

Almost three months after Rob Stafford announced he would undergo a bone marrow transplant and chemotherapy to fight a rare blood disorder, he sat down with co-anchor Allison Rosati to talk about his progress.

NBC 5’s Rob Stafford signs off before taking a leave of medical absence to combat a rare blood disorder he was recently diagnosed with. 

Scientists have grown human cells inside pig embryos, a very early step toward the goal of growing livers and other human organs in animals to transplant into people. The cells made up just a tiny part of each embryo, and the embryos were grown for only a few weeks, researchers reported Thursday. Such human-animal research has raised ethical concerns. The...

TNT’s beloved basketball broadcaster Craig Sager died Thursday after a long battle with leukemia. He was 65.

TNT’s beloved basketball broadcaster received a rare third bone marrow transplant on Wednesday to fight an aggressive form of leukemia. The 65-year-old Sager has battled acute myeloid leukemia since 2014 and announced in March he was no longer in remission.

It’s a medical breakthrough that is even surprising doctors: chronic stroke patients with little hope for recovery suddenly talking and walking again. Stanford researchers say a new stem cell experiment is transforming lives.