Royal Jelly Shows Promise in Assisting Stem Cell Research

Stanford University findings about a protein this substance contains could lead to pills that regenerate healthy tissue in damaged organs - be it your heart, eyes, skin or spinal cord.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Stanford University scientists found royalactin, a protein found in royal jelly responsible for the queen bee’s massive growth, has the ability to keep mouse embryonic stem cells pluripotent by inhibiting differentiation

• Stem cells are pluripotential, meaning that they have the ability to turn into any and every type of tissue to form an…