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New Gene Therapy Reverses Heart Failure in Large Animal Model

by admin | Jan 10, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By University of Utah Health – A new gene therapy can reverse the effects of heart failure and restore heart function in a large animal model. The therapy increases the amount of blood the heart can pump and dramatically improves survival, in what a paper...

Xenogeneic-free culture of human intestinal stem cells for scalable, clinical-grade stem cell therapy

by admin | Jan 9, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Nature Communications – The need for basement membrane extract (BME) with undefined constituents, such as Matrigel, for intestinal stem cell (ISC) culture in traditional systems poses a significant barrier that must be overcome for the development of...

The global divide between longer life and good health

by admin | Jan 8, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Susan Buckles – Mayo Clinic – Rochester, Minn. — People around the globe are living longer — but not necessarily healthier — lives, according to Mayo Clinic research. A study of 183 World Health Organization (WHO) member countries found those additional...

Tiny sensors offer new hope for faster bone injury recovery

by admin | Jan 7, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Rachel Lukowicz-Bedford, University of Oregon – MedicalXpress – Tiny implantable sensors are helping University of Oregon researchers optimize the process of recovery from severe bone injuries. Scientists at the UO’s Phil and Penny Knight Campus...

Using cellular therapy to treat cancer, and beyond

by admin | Jan 6, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Scott Reading – University of Michigan Medicine – A cell therapy clinician talks about the treatment and its promising future to treat other diseases, too Advancements in using a person’s own cells to treat disease have been growing for years. These...

Keto diet metabolite may power up CAR T cells to kill cancer

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

By Penn Today – Laboratory studies reveal a potentially low-tech intervention to improve personalized cell therapy. A simple dietary supplement may provide a new approach to boost CAR T cell function, according to a study from researchers in Penn’s Perelman...