Melanoma cancer cells secrete extracellular vesicles to paralyze immune cells

by admin | Jan 12, 2026 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Tel-Aviv University – MedXpress – A new international study led by Prof. Carmit Levy of the Department of Human Genetics and Biochemistry at the Gray Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences at Tel Aviv University finds that melanoma cancer cells...

Engineered Dendritic Cells Harness Tumor EVs to Boost Cancer Immunotherapy

by admin | Jan 9, 2026 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Genetic Engineering adn Biotechnology News – Cancer immunotherapy transforms a patient’s immune cells into a “search‑and‑destroy” force against tumors. But many cancers learn to camouflage themselves from dendritic cells—the immune system’s scouts—making them...

Top FDA Gene and Cell Therapy News: 2025 Year-End Recap

by admin | Jan 8, 2026 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Matt Hoffman – CGTlive – As 2025 comes to a close, CGTLive has looked back on some of the most-read and most impactful FDA regulatory decisions and news in the cell and gene therapy space. These approvals and regulatory actions marked major progress for...

Fatal Complication of Stem Cell Transplants Gets Its First FDA-Approved Therapy

by admin | Jan 7, 2026 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Frank Vinluan – MedCity News – A rare but severe stem cell transplant complication that often becomes fatal now has its first FDA-approved treatment, a therapy developed by biotechnology company Omeros. Omeros’s complement system drug Yartemlea is now...

The 98% mystery: Scientists just cracked the code on “junk DNA” linked to Alzheimer’s

by admin | Jan 6, 2026 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Science Daily – Researchers have revealed that so-called “junk DNA” contains powerful switches that help control brain cells linked to Alzheimer’s disease. By experimentally testing nearly 1,000 DNA switches in human astrocytes, scientists identified around...

New method preserves iPS cells for regenerative medicine

by admin | Jan 5, 2026 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Drug Target Review – Kobe University researchers have developed a new way of freeze induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) directly in their culture dishes without losing viability or pluripotency. Researchers at Kobe University have developed a novel...