Explore Stem Cells
Want to know more about stem cells and their uses? In this section, we provide an introduction to stem cells and their uses, research, factsheets, policy, news and other stem cell themes.
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![New tools for disease research: reprogrammed cells in disease modelling](/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/images/fact-sheets/14650085858_68f1a53062_o.png?h=d8278368&itok=9IUpFaYy)
New tools for disease research: reprogrammed cells in disease modelling
• EuroStemCell resource![Human mesenchymal stem cells](/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/images/fact-sheets/7682835942_9765337ab4_o.png?h=f741d87e&itok=K07yWCHF)
MSCs: the 'other' bone marrow stem cells
• EuroStemCell resource![Lung stem cells in health, repair and disease](/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/images/fact-sheets/6077455780_421ca19eef_o.jpg?h=1b546f24&itok=oIpsJwsJ)
Lung stem cells in health, repair and disease
• EuroStemCell resource![Reprogrammed skin cells](/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/images/fact-sheets/MParmer_Reprog_neurons.jpg?h=4cc5da1a&itok=wGaT6-iS)
Cell identity and reprogramming
• EuroStemCell resource![Human iPS cell colonies](/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/images/fact-sheets/6076884425_b0fd6d35a5_o.jpg?h=3aee7632&itok=T6wpDwdY)
iPS cells and reprogramming: turn any cell of the body into a stem cell
• EuroStemCell resource![Liver](/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/images/fact-sheets/6077442448_a6e40ce017_o.png?h=7d658b18&itok=kbaQsR13)
Chronic liver disease: how could regenerative medicine help?
• EuroStemCell resource![Muscle diagram](/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/images/fact-sheets/MuscleDiagram.png?h=d8abf051&itok=cptHAN2b)
Muscular dystrophy: how could stem cells help?
• EuroStemCell resource![Blood cells](/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/images/fact-sheets/BloodCells.jpg?h=c2a876df&itok=xNZMvTwU)
Blood stem cells: the pioneers of stem cell research
• EuroStemCell resource![Mother and her daughter with cerebral palsy](/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/images/fact-sheets/CerebralPalsy.jpg?h=7208f0aa&itok=7bKPP7ER)
Cerebral Palsy: how could stem cells help?
• EuroStemCell resource![Alzheimer’s disease: how could stem cells help?](/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/images/fact-sheets/alzheimers_0.jpg?h=50887407&itok=G-DXf-5D)
Alzheimer’s disease: how could stem cells help?
• EuroStemCell resource![Smear of peripheral blood from a patient with chronic myeloid leukaemia](/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/images/fact-sheets/leukaemia1.jpg?h=8e8edc7c&itok=FNCU2iQn)
Leukaemia: how can stem cells help?
• EuroStemCell resource![Neurons grown from embryonic stem cells](/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/images/fact-sheets/parkinsons.jpg?h=2075fdba&itok=iKsxpc_-)
Parkinson’s disease: how could stem cells help?
• EuroStemCell resource![Brain and spinal cord: dissection, back view.](/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/images/fact-sheets/spinal.jpg?h=53af20a4&itok=nFMh8whb)
Spinal cord injuries: how could stem cells help?
• EuroStemCell resource![The heart: our first organ](/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/images/fact-sheets/heart_0.jpg?h=eed287f7&itok=zE6ZV8FO)
The heart: our first organ
• EuroStemCell resource![Multiple sclerosis: how could stem cells help?](/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/images/fact-sheets/MS.jpg?h=a1f525db&itok=cEmOq7qO)
Multiple sclerosis: how could stem cells help?
• EuroStemCell resource![Embryonic stem cells: where do they come from and what can they do?](/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/images/fact-sheets/Blastocyst.jpg?h=7e0202cd&itok=fJGnZnh_)