Up until today scientists assumed that the adult heart is unable to regenerate.

Tengion Inc. organ regeneration technology the Tengion Neo-Bladder, is expected to be featured on the CBS Evening exploring the current landscape and future potential of regenerative medicine.

Easily accessed and plentiful, adult stem cells found in a male patient's testicles might someday be used to create a wide range of tissue types to help him fight disease -- getting around the need for more controversial embryonic stem cells.

Researchers at the McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida have initiated a project to treat human brain and other diseases by plundering the secrets of regeneration from creatures with remarkable powers of self-renewal, such as salamanders, newts, starfish and flatworms.