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Researchers Develop Novel Genome Editing Software That Is Safer Than CRISPR

by admin | Oct 27, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Technology Networks A team of researchers has developed a software tool called DANGER (Deleterious and ANticipatable Guides Evaluated by RNA-sequencing) analysis that provides a way for the safer design of genome editing in all organisms with a transcriptome. For...

New wound healing research by Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine produces full thickness human bioprinted skin

by admin | Oct 26, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist – EurekAlert News WINSTON-SALEM, NC – October 4, 2023 – A research paper published today in Science Translational Medicine presents a significant breakthrough in the area of skin regeneration and wound healing by...

Zooming in on rare bone cells that drive osteoporosis

by admin | Oct 26, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Mayo Clinic’s Research Magazine Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new high-resolution, analytical technique to identify the rare senescent bone cells that are known to drive osteoporosis. Senescent cells are malfunctioning cells that build up as people...

Most of today’s gene therapies rely on viruses — and that’s a problem

by admin | Oct 25, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Tina Hesman Saey – Science News CRISPR and new approaches to delivery may help treat rare diseases In 2018, Will Ungerer, shown with doctor Jerry Mendell at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, received experimental gene therapy for Duchenne...

Gene Transfer Leads to Longer Life and Healthspan

by admin | Oct 24, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Eve Herold – Director at HSAC – Published by Leaps.org In August, a study provided the first proof-of-principle that genetic material transferred from one species to another can increase both longevity and healthspan in the recipient animal. The naked...

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...