How Brain Stem Cells Avoid Identity Conflicts

by admin | May 7, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Elena Garrido – Neuroscience News – Researchers uncovered a crucial mechanism in brain stem cells that prevents identity conflicts during gene expression, enabling these cells to maintain stemness while being primed for neuronal differentiation. The...

ChatGPT for CRISPR creates new gene-editing tools

by admin | May 4, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Ewen Callaway – Nature – Some of the AI-designed gene editors could be more versatile than those found in nature. In the never-ending quest to discover previously unknown CRISPR gene-editing systems, researchers have scoured microbes in everything from...

Moffitt Study Suggests Cells Possess Hidden Communication System

by admin | May 2, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Moffit Cancer Center – TAMPA, Fla. — Cells constantly navigate a dynamic environment, facing ever-changing conditions and challenges. But how do cells swiftly adapt to these environmental fluctuations? A new Moffitt Cancer Center study, published in iScience,...

Space-Made Fibers and Novel Biotech Among Research Returning to Earth After Successful Space Station Mission

by admin | May 1, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Patrick O’Neill – ISS National Laboratory – KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), April 30, 2024 – Research on a novel vision loss therapy and space-manufactured optical fibers were among the nearly 565 pounds of science and technology payloads sponsored by the...

UNC-Chapel Hill researchers create artificial cells that act like living cells

by admin | Apr 30, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Carleigh Gabryel – UNC Research News – In a new study published in Nature Chemistry, Carolina researcher Ronit Freeman and her colleagues describe the steps they took to manipulate DNA and proteins — essential building blocks of life — to create cells...

Providers Walgreens expands specialty pharmacy business to gene and cell therapy services

by admin | Apr 29, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Heather Landi – Fierce Healthcare – Walgreens is expanding its specialty pharmacy services to offer gene and cell therapy services, supported by a dedicated 18,000-square-foot center in Pittsburgh, the company announced Thursday. The service is part of...