World’s first spinal cord transplant to take place in Israel, could allow patients to walk again

by admin | Sep 3, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By PESACH BENSON/TPS – The Jerusalem Post – Tel Aviv University announced on Wednesday that the surgery will take place in Israel, marking a historic milestone in regenerative medicine. Israel is preparing to perform the world’s first-ever human spinal...

Stem cell-derived dopamine neurons improve depression-like behaviors in mice

by admin | Sep 2, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Justin Jackson – Phys.org – MedicalXpress – The Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, reports that human stem cell-derived A10-like midbrain dopaminergic neurons integrate into mouse mesocorticolimbic circuits and suppress...

New activated cell therapy to treat osteoarthritis

by admin | Sep 1, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Sarah Nesbella – Colorado State University – Osteoarthritis (OA) affects over 550 million people worldwide, and there still aren’t effective treatments to stop the continued joint inflammation and cartilage destruction caused by OA. The lifetime...

In cell therapy, cost is a hot issue. The industry might need a cold solution.

by admin | Aug 29, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Michael Gibney – PharmaVoice – The first cell therapy approved by the FDA, Dendreon’s Provenge for prostate cancer, had a bumpy start on the market in 2010, as the autologous treatment was logistically difficult to manufacture and administer, and thus...

$Stem cell discovery could be key to healing tough-to-fix fractures$

Stem cell discovery could be key to healing tough-to-fix fractures

by admin | Aug 28, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Penn Medicine – The ability of a newly understood stem cell originating in skeletal muscle to turn into bone could hold the key to bone healing after catastrophic fractures. When bones break and there is extreme tissue loss—such as after a car accident or a...

USAMRIID scientists develop novel 3D bioprinted tissue model

by admin | Aug 27, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Quentin Johnson – dvidshub.net – FORT DETRICK, Md.– Scientists at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases have successfully created a novel 3D bioprinted vascular liver tissue model, marking a significant advancement in...