US researchers develop new bioreactor for enhanced stem cell growth

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

By Ada Shaikhnag – 3D Printing Industry News – Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) have developed a 3D printed perfusion bioreactor (3D-PBR) created to improve how human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) grow and...

Combination immunotherapy shrank a variety of metastatic gastrointestinal cancers

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

by National Cancer Institute (NCI) – NIH trial shows new form of TIL therapy effective against colon, rectum, pancreas, and bile duct tumors. A new form of tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy, a form of personalized cancer immunotherapy, dramatically...

USC Stem Cell mouse study identifies shared genes involved in hearing and vision regeneration

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

By Cristy Lytal – Keck School of Medicine of USC – The same genes could hold the key to regenerating cells in the ear and eye, according to a new mouse study from the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Ksenia Gnedeva, published in the Proceedings of the National...

Cell and Gene Therapy Sector Sees 30% Investment Surge Despite Market Challenges

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

by BioSpace Insights – Industry updates and investment insights—including investor behavior and fundraising advice—were among the topics experts explored at Charles River Laboratories’ 2025 Cell & Gene Therapy Summit. With the cell and gene therapies (CGTs)...

The Expert Who Kept Eye Drops From Blinding You Was Fired Yesterday

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

By Katherine Eban – Vanity Fair – If you’ve ever used eye drops that didn’t blind you, thank Dr. Timothy J. Pohlhaus. As of yesterday, he’s gone. And if you’ve ever been injected with a sterile drug that helped heal you instead of killing you, you have...

HHS layoffs hit Meals on Wheels and other services for seniors and disabled

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

By Joseph Shapiro – NPR Health News – The layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services slashed the staffs of major federal aging, disability and anti-poverty programs, leaving the future of those programs uncertain. At least 40% of staff got...