Hitting Stem Cell and CAR T Targets

by admin | Feb 23, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

Cedars-Sinai Cancer Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program Receives Expanded Accreditation and Top Ranking for Patient Survival Rates by Christina Elston – Cedars Sinai Image: Illustration of CAR (chimeric antigen receptor) T cell immunotherapy, a...

Disgraced CRISPR-baby scientist’s ‘publicity stunt’ frustrates researchers

by admin | Feb 22, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

He Jiankui refused to answer researchers’ questions about his controversial 2018 experiments at weekend event. by Smriti Mallapaty – Nature.com He Jiankui, the Chinese biophysicist who shocked the world with experiments that led to the first children with edited...

UC Davis Health to develop in-utero therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

by admin | Feb 21, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Nadine A Yehya – UC Davis Health California’s stem cell agency funds the potential gene editing DMD therapy SACRAMENTO, CA – UC Davis Professor Aijun Wang and his team are collaborating with Murthy laboratory at UC Berkeley to develop a much-needed cure...

Reduced cardiovascular reserve capacity in long-term allogeneic stem cell transplant survivors

by admin | Feb 21, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Dillon, H.T., Foulkes, S., Horne-Okano, Y.A. – Nature – Scientific Reports Abstract Premature cardiovascular mortality is increased in long-term allogeneic stem cell transplant (allo-SCT) survivors, but little information exists regarding subclinical...

ALS Resource Examines Gene Expression in Patient Stem Cell Derived Motor Neurons

by admin | Feb 20, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News Results of a largescale collaborative project led by scientists at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, and the University of California, Irvine (UCI), were published in the journal Neuron this week “Large-scale...

Scientists at the National Eye Institute have 3D bioprinted eye tissues from stem cells

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

By Paul Hanaphy – 3d Printing Industry Researchers at the USA’s National Eye Institute (NEI) have developed a way of 3D bioprinting eye tissues using patient stem cells. Using their approach, in which three different types of immature choroidal cells are printed...