Woman shares leukemia battle, partial-match stem cell treatment with 1.5 million on social media

by admin | Mar 16, 2026 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Jamie Bartosch – UChicago Medicine – “I was so sick and tired; I knew I couldn’t keep doing chemo,” said Cordle, 51, who lives in Mapleton, Illinois, just outside Peoria. The next step would be stem cell transplantation, also known as bone marrow...

Teenage daughter’s bone marrow saves dad’s life

by admin | Mar 13, 2026 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Erin Baily – UC Davis Health – For Hai Trinh, his disease started gradually. Fatigue. Bruising easily. He thought little of it. As a mechanic, husband and father of two girls, he just kept pushing forward, attributing the persistent health challenges to...

The Gene Fixer – For five decades, Stuart Orkin has harnessed new genetic tools

by admin | Mar 12, 2026 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Elizabeth Dougherty – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – In the early 1970s, the field of genetics was confined to the study of bacteria and viruses. Conventional wisdom at the time was that the tools of molecular biology couldn’t be used to study...

Henrietta Lacks’ Family Gets Undisclosed Settlement In “Immortal Cells” Case

by admin | Mar 11, 2026 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by James Felton – IFLScience – Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks, which alleged that the company unfairly profited from her “immortal” cell line, taken without her knowledge or consent...

Stem cells provide a potent treatment for frailty

by admin | Mar 10, 2026 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Edward Chen – Nature – Elderly people with frailty, which affects up to one-quarter of over-50s, increased their endurance after a single dose of stem cells. A single dose of stem cells can help older people with frailty to build up their endurance, a...

Cracking a ‘holy grail’ challenge in cancer cell therapy

by admin | Mar 9, 2026 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Karen Guzman – Yale News – Yale scientists have engineered natural killer cells that eliminate solid tumors in mouse models. The study may lead to a simpler, “off the shelf” immunotherapy for hard-to-treat cancers. Since scientists first discovered that...