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An mRNA drug reengineers stem cells

by admin | Oct 23, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Samantha Borje – Drug Discovery News Scientists developed an alternative to bone marrow transplantation by using technology similar to that of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. Blood disorders such as sickle cell anemia, immunodeficiencies, and bone marrow failure...

UCLA-led team finds a stem-cell derived mechanism that could lead to regenerative therapies for heart damage

by admin | Oct 20, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Enrique Rivero – UCLA Health A UCLA-led team has identified an essential internal control mechanism that can promote the maturation of human stem cell-derived heart muscle cells, offering a deeper understanding of how heart muscle cells develop from their...

N.Y.’s first cell and gene therapy hub coming to Roswell Park

N.Y. State’s first cell and gene therapy hub coming to Roswell Park

by admin | Oct 19, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Adam Penale – Spectrum News New York state’s first cell and gene therapy hub is coming to Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday. State officials say the $98 million cell and gene therapy manufacturing facility in...

Scientific leaders issue global Dublin Longevity Declaration

by admin | Oct 13, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Eleanor Garth – Longevity.Technology Consensus recommendation to immediately expand research on extending healthy human lifespans. The Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation (LEVF) has welcomed the publication today of the Dublin Longevity Declaration. This...

Scientists have bioprinted fully functional human skin

by admin | Oct 12, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Chrissy Sexton – Earth.com For the first time, scientists have successfully bioprinted fully functional skin. Researchers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine report that they have printed skin samples containing all six major cell types...

Nobel Prize in medicine won by two scientists for ‘groundbreaking findings’ on mRNA Covid-19 vaccines

by admin | Oct 11, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Christian Edwards, Katie Hunt and Ed Upright, CNN This year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their work on mRNA vaccines, a crucial tool in curtailing the spread of Covid-19. The Nobel Prize committee...