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

Blocking a single enzyme rewires limb regrowth in axolotls

by admin | Jun 18, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Vijay Kumar Malesu – Medical life Sciences News – In a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers in the United States explored how cytochrome P450 family 26 subfamily B member 1 (CYP26B1)-mediated retinoic acid (RA)...

Dozens of states sue to block the sale of 23andMe personal genetic data

by admin | Jun 17, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By The Associated Press – PORTLAND, Ore. — Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia on Monday filed a lawsuit in bankruptcy court seeking to block the sale of personal genetic data by 23andMe without customer consent. The lawsuit comes as a biotechnology...

Stem cell therapies advance in Parkinson’s disease and beyond

by admin | Jun 16, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Natalie Healey – Nature Medicine – Landmark trials using stem cells to treat Parkinson’s disease in the USA and Japan mark a turning point for cell therapy in neurodegeneration. Similar approaches to Alzheimer’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis...

No More Transplants? New Gene Therapy Targets Blood Stem Cells Directly

by admin | Jun 13, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Fondazione Telethon – SciTechDaily – Researchers have identified an early postnatal window that allows gene transfer to circulating blood stem cells, advancing the development of potential treatments for genetic disorders. A team of scientists from the...

How our bones are repaired by skeletal stem cells: Scientist discover four major subtypes

by admin | Jun 12, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Sarah Williams, Stanford University – MedicalXpress – Whether you are a competitive athlete or an older adult, strong bones are essential—not only for movement, but also for overall health. Now, a new study has shed new light on how our bones are...

After groundbreaking CRISPR therapy, a homecoming

by admin | Jun 11, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Meghana Keshavan – Stat News – From my colleague Jason Mast: KJ Muldoon, the first infant treated with a personalized gene-editing drug, has been discharged from the hospital for the first time in his life, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia...