Inside ProKidney’s decision to add 330 jobs, invest $485M in NC’s growing biotech industry

Inside ProKidney’s decision to add 330 jobs, invest 5M in NC’s growing biotech industry

Inside ProKidney’s decision to add 330 jobs, invest $485M in NC’s growing biotech industry

by admin | Jun 15, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Christopher Capot. WRAL Tech Wire News RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – ProKidney LLC, a Winston-Salem-based clinical-stage biotechnology company founded in 2015 and targeting chronic kidney disease (CKD) with a proprietary cell therapy, plans to create up to 330 jobs and...

Reanimated hearts donated after death work just as well for transplants, study finds

by admin | Jun 12, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Elaine Chen – Stat News A new method of heart transplantation that uses machines to reanimate donor hearts from people who have died is just as good as traditional heart transplantation, a new study finds. If adopted broadly in the U.S., the procedure that...

NC’s governor receives award for role in life sciences development

by admin | Jun 10, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By WRAL News North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper was recognized June 6 at the 20th annual World Stem Cell Summit in Winston-Salem for his role in developing the life sciences. Cooper received the Regenerative Medicine Action Leadership Award from the Regenerative Medicine...

In regenerative medicine, the new organ is never rejected

by admin | Jun 8, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

Bioprinting pioneer and surgeon, Anthony Atala visits Spain to talk about medical research into reconstructing vital organs from their own cells By Javier Arroyo -El Pais Peruvian surgeon, urologist and bioengineer, Anthony Atala, 65, has the perfect credentials for...

Gov. Roy Cooper speaks at World Stem Cell Summit in Winston-Salem

by admin | Jun 7, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By WXLV ABC News Winston-Salem, North Carolina, June 6, 2023 – Today Governor Roy Cooper visited Wake Forest Biotech Place to speak at the World Stem Cell Summit. “The very fact that the World Stem Cell Summit is here in Winston-Salem is a testament to our...

Innovation Quarter to host Public Day as part of World Stem Cell Summit

by admin | Jun 1, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

Free and open to all, Public Day in Wake Forest Biotech Place will highlight Winston-Salem’s emergence as a global hub for regenerative medicine WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — May 30, 2023 — Innovation Quarter, in partnership with the World Stem Cell Summit, Greater...