After gene therapy exit, Pfizer locks in global license for Beam gene editing candidate

by admin | Mar 4, 2026 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Will Maddox – Fierce Biotech – After dumping its sole remaining gene therapy asset last year, Pfizer has decided to exercise its option for global rights to Beam Therapeutics’ liver-targeted gene editing candidate. The agreement, announced in Beam’s...

More Sensitive Cell Therapy May Be a HIT Against Solid Cancers

by admin | Mar 3, 2026 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Columbia University Irving Medical Center – CAR-T cell therapy has revolutionized the treatment of many blood cancers, but has shown little success against solid tumors, which account for over 85% of all cancers. Columbia researchers have now found that a new...

New iron nanomaterial wipes out cancer cells without harming healthy tissue

by admin | Mar 2, 2026 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Oregon State University – Science Daily – Scientists at Oregon State University have engineered a powerful new nanomaterial that zeroes in on cancer cells and destroys them from the inside out. Designed to exploit cancer’s unique chemistry—its acidity...

Humans Have a Third Set of Teeth. New Medicine May Help Them Grow.

by admin | Feb 27, 2026 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Tim Newcomb – Popular Mechanics – They could be ready by 2030. A sliver of what makes sharks so intriguing comes with their ability to regrow teeth. And while a group of Japanese researchers aren’t claiming that we should be trying to be the most...

AI uncovers the hidden genetic control centers driving Alzheimer’s

by admin | Feb 26, 2026 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By University of California – Irvine – ScienceDaily – Scientists have created the most detailed maps yet of how genes control one another inside the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease. Using a powerful new AI-based system called SIGNET, the...

Stem cell therapy ‘reverses’ type 2 diabetes in world-first case in China

by admin | Feb 25, 2026 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Smarica Pant – India Today – hinese researchers say a patient with Type 2 diabetes is now insulin-free after stem cell treatment. Experts call it promising but caution that more large-scale trials are needed. In what is being described as a major...