The First Crispr Treatment Is Making Its Way to Patients

by admin | Nov 28, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Emily Mullin – Wired – It’s been a year since the gene-editing treatment Casgevy was approved for sickle cell disease and a related blood disorder. It’s finally being infused into patients. Called Casgevy, the gene-editing treatment is for people with...

Netrin1 Protein Plays a Critical Role in Spinal Cord Development

by admin | Nov 27, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By The Broad Stem Cell Research Center – Technology Networks – Researchers have uncovered an unexpected role for the molecule netrin1 in organizing the developing spinal cord. Scientists at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem...

Boost aging patients’ meaningful access to health tech

by admin | Nov 26, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Andis Robeznieks – American Medical Association – It is critically important to make health IT accessible for all and to achieve equitable adoption among aging patients, people with hearing and eyesight impairment, as well as those who live in...

Mini-lungs could help fight flu & colds by tapping immunity

by admin | Nov 25, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Imma Perfetto – Cosmos – An Australian researcher has been awarded $60,000 to build more complex models of the human lung, with the hope to discover new therapies for respiratory diseases. Dr Rhiannon Werder, team leader at the Murdoch Children’s...

‘Serial Killing’ Cell Therapy From Autolus Lands FDA Approval in Blood Cancer

by admin | Nov 22, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Frank Vinluan – MedCity News – Autolus Therapeutics’ Aucatzyl is now FDA approved for treating advanced cases of B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia. While it goes after the same target as Gilead Sciences’ Tecartus, Autolus engineered its CAR...

World-first stem-cell treatment restores vision in people

by admin | Nov 21, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Smriti Mallapaty – Nature – The treatment, given to four people with damaged corneas, seems safe but needs to be tested in larger trials. Three people with severely impaired vision who received stem-cell transplants have experienced substantial...