Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG - World Stem Cell Summit

For everything there is a season

by admin | Dec 24, 2021 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

As 2021 draws to a close, we celebrate the first decade of STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM) with gratitude to our devoted editors, reviewers, authors, and of course, our global loyal readership … all of you are a vital part of this first decade’s...

Stem Cell Therapy Safe, Shows Potential to Slow Progression in Trial

by admin | Dec 8, 2021 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Margarida Maia, PhD Repeat injections of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) into the spinal canal were safe and well tolerated in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and showed potential to significantly slow the rate of disease progression, a small Phase...

Type 1 Diabetes Trial Tests Insulin-Secreting Implants Derived from Stem Cells

by admin | Dec 7, 2021 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

For the first time, scientists have derived insulin-secreting pancreatic endoderm cells from human pluripotent stem cells (PSCs), grafted these cells into 26 patients with type 1 diabetes, and demonstrated insulin secretion. The ongoing multicenter clinical trial aims...

New potential drugs for muscle dystrophy found using stem cells

by admin | Dec 4, 2021 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

November 29, 2021 – Kyoto, Japan – (Link to Article) Muscular dystrophy describes a group of genetic diseases in which muscles progressively weaken and degenerate, with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) being the most common. There are no curative...

“World’s first” 3D printed immunized skin model enables cold plasma wound healing treatment for burns

by admin | Dec 3, 2021 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

The NOVOPLASM consortium has announced it is the “first in the world” to develop cold plasma technology for the treatment of infected burns and the wound healing of skin grafts. Regenerative medicine firm CTIBIOTECH, the French Armed Forces Biomedical Research...

Stem cell memories may drive wound repair, and also chronic disease

by admin | Dec 2, 2021 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Rockefeller University A trifling paper cut is a site of frenzied activity. Within it, a squad of epidermal stem cells briskly regenerate to patch up the wound. A closer inspection of this war-torn swath of epidermis will reveal that while some of the stem cells...