Uncertainty clouds the San Diego biotech hub, with jobs and capital scarce

by admin | Aug 15, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Jonathan Wosen – Stat – But optimism pokes through, as VC returns and local biotech stocks have fared well Ever since Vince Kato was laid off, he has felt like he was just two to three months away from landing a new position. But more than a year later,...

Study using stem cells created from ALS patients identifies potential new target for treatment

by admin | Aug 14, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Case Western Reserve University – The Daily – CLEVELAND—Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is an incurable neurological disorder affecting motor neurons—nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary...

VA’s first bloodless stem cell transplant leads to Veteran’s cancer remission

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

By Abby Woodruff – Veterans Affairs – Earlier this year, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) performed the first-ever bloodless autologous stem cell transplant in the VA system. Keith Cody, a Marine Corps Veteran, walked out of TVHS in remission...

Scientists reprogram stem cells to create renewable cancer-fighting T cells

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

by Denise Heady, University of California, Los Angeles – MedicalXpress – In a first-of-its-kind clinical trial, UCLA scientists have shown it’s possible to reprogram a patient’s blood-forming stem cells to generate a continuous supply of...

Designer Stem Cells Power New R&D Assay Systems

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

by By Kathy Liszewski – Genetic Engineering & Biology News – Novel allogeneic stem cells and differentiated iPSCs are providing more physiologically relevant disease models From axolotls to zebrafish, stem cells possess remarkable regenerative...

Slashing NIH funding imperils the foundation of medical research

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

By Bobby Mukkamala, MD – AMA – For more than a century, NIH-sponsored research has played a critical role in improving the nation’s health. This vital work must continue. It’s not hyperbole to say my sudden brain cancer diagnosis last fall could have put a...