How horseshoe crab blood became one of the most valuable liquids in medicine

by admin | Nov 11, 2022 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Bill Schutt – Big Think The crabs’ blue blood contains an ancient immune defense mechanism that has helped save countless human lives. The story of the Atlantic horseshoe crab’s first turn toward medical relevance occurred in 1956. That’s when Woods...

Three Noteworthy Applications of CRISPR

by admin | Nov 10, 2022 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Demaris Mills, Integrated DNA Technologies – Technology Networks Only 10 years ago, Nobel prize-winning work introduced CRISPR, or clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, as a new and powerful genome editing tool. Since then, many exciting...

FDA approves first ALS drug in 5 years after pleas from patients

by admin | Nov 9, 2022 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

The treatment was thought up by two Brown University undergraduates a decade ago. By Laurie McGinley – The Washington Post The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday overcame doubts from agency scientists and approved a fiercely debated drug for ALS, a move...

Stem Cell Grafts and Rehabilitation Combined Boost Spinal Cord Injury Results

by admin | Nov 8, 2022 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By UC San Diego Today In animal models, researchers found that intensive physical therapy in tandem with implanted neural stem cells increased tissue growth, repair, and functionality more than those treatments alone In recent years, researchers have made measurable...

Reactive Oxygen Species Found to Play Key Role in Stem Cell Function

by admin | Nov 7, 2022 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By University of Oxford – Genengnews.com Scientists at Mount Sinai say they have published one of the first studies to demonstrate the importance of reactive oxygen species in maintaining stem cell function and preventing inflammation during wound repair. The...

How an experimental treatment beat a little girl’s cancer

by admin | Nov 2, 2022 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

CBS Sunday Morning Emily Whitehead has a secret weapon: “My T-cells, part of my immune system, were trained to fight and kill my cancer.” She was only six when she became the first child ever to receive genetically-modified T cells. The experimental...