Doctors have performed brain surgery on a fetus in one of the first operations of its kind

by admin | May 17, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

baby girl who developed a life-threatening brain condition was successfully treated before she was born—and is now a healthy seven-week-old. By Jessica Hamzelou – MIT Technology Review She doesn’t know it yet, but a baby girl living somewhere near Boston has...

Why Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Is Betting Big On The T US Bioeconomy

Why Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Is Betting Big On The $1T US Bioeconomy

by admin | May 16, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by John Cumbers – Forbes After being at the helm for over a decade of internet juggernaut Google GOOG -0.8%, former CEO Eric Schmidt has switched gears and one of his latest activities is being an advocate for the fast-growing US bioeconomy, which is valued at...

The Innovation Ecosystem of Winston-Salem’s RegenMed Hub

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

by Innovation Quarter From developing the world’s first lab-grown organ (a bladder) to the body-on-a-chip platform used for drug toxicity testing and personalized medicine, Winston-Salem-based scientists have been integral to cutting-edge regenerative medicine...

Gene therapy could help restore vision lost to degenerative disease

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

By Michael Irving – News Atlas Scientists in Canada have developed a new technique that may one day help restore some sight to patients with inherited vision impairment. The regenerative therapy works by expressing genes that convert dormant cells into new...

Stem Cell Therapy Improves Walking in More Advanced Progressive MS

by admin | May 14, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Physician’s Weekly Mesenchymal stem cell-neural progenitor therapy (MSC-NPs) are bone marrow-derived cells with trophic and immunomodulatory properties. Their therapeutic potential in MS was evaluated in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2...

CRISPR and Single-cell Sequencing Pinpoint Causal Genetic Variants for Traits and Diseases

by admin | May 13, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

STING-seq provides roadmap to identify variants and genes, enabling deeper understanding of the noncoding genome and targets for therapies By NYU News A major challenge in human genetics is understanding which parts of the genome drive specific traits or contribute to...