This CRISPR breakthrough turns genes on without cutting DNA

by admin | Jan 15, 2026 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by University of New South Wales – Science Daily – A new CRISPR breakthrough shows scientists can turn genes back on without cutting DNA, by removing chemical tags that act like molecular anchors. The work confirms these tags actively silence genes,...

Stanford Medicine study shows why mRNA COVID-19 vaccine can cause myocarditis

by admin | Jan 14, 2026 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Bruce Goldman – Stanford Medicine – Stanford Medicine investigators have unearthed the biological process by which mRNA-based vaccines for COVID-19 can cause heart damage in some young men and adolescents — and they’ve shown a possible route to reducing...

How Our Own Cells Could Implant The Next Generation Of Nonsurgical Brain Microchips

by admin | Jan 13, 2026 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By William A. Haseltine, – Forbes – Treating brain diseases is extraordinarily challenging, because drugs often work poorly and implants require risky surgery that can jeopardize critical brain functions. A group at MIT has sought a different approach,...

Melanoma cancer cells secrete extracellular vesicles to paralyze immune cells

by admin | Jan 12, 2026 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Tel-Aviv University – MedXpress – A new international study led by Prof. Carmit Levy of the Department of Human Genetics and Biochemistry at the Gray Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences at Tel Aviv University finds that melanoma cancer cells...

Engineered Dendritic Cells Harness Tumor EVs to Boost Cancer Immunotherapy

by admin | Jan 9, 2026 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Genetic Engineering adn Biotechnology News – Cancer immunotherapy transforms a patient’s immune cells into a “search‑and‑destroy” force against tumors. But many cancers learn to camouflage themselves from dendritic cells—the immune system’s scouts—making them...

Top FDA Gene and Cell Therapy News: 2025 Year-End Recap

by admin | Jan 8, 2026 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Matt Hoffman – CGTlive – As 2025 comes to a close, CGTLive has looked back on some of the most-read and most impactful FDA regulatory decisions and news in the cell and gene therapy space. These approvals and regulatory actions marked major progress for...