Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG - World Stem Cell Summit

Purdue and UPenn research finds link between aging, fat accumulation in the brain

by admin | Oct 10, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Purdue University – With age, some cells in the brain enter a state of senescence: rather than dying or regenerating by dividing, they just linger, alive, but functioning less effectively than normal cells. Senescence in the brain has been linked to cognitive...

Selling ‘snake oil’? The days are numbered for stem cell clinics

by admin | Oct 9, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Alexis Rivas – NBC Channel 7 News, San Diego CA – A federal appeals court handed the FDA power to shut down unproven stem cell treatments The future of stem cell clinics across San Diego County, California, and the country are at risk. A federal appeals...

“Functional cure” for diabetes restores insulin production with stem cells

by admin | Oct 8, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Michael Irving – New Atlas – A patient with type 1 diabetes has been functionally cured of the disease, requiring no insulin doses for over a year. The treatment involves growing and transplanting new insulin-producing cells from the patient’s own stem...

Researchers Now Know How Killifish Regenerate Their Fins

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

By Technology Networks – The researchers say their findings could inform regenerative medicine in humans. Spontaneous injuries like the loss of a limb or damage to the spinal cord are impossible for humans to repair. Yet, some animals have an extraordinary...

Stem cells reverse woman’s diabetes — a world first

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

By Smriti Mallapaty – Nature – A 25-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes started producing her own insulin less than three months after receiving a transplant of reprogrammed stem cells1. She is the first person with the disease to be treated using cells...

Ninth Circuit strengthens FDA authority to enforce drug regs against certain stem cell products

by admin | Oct 3, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Hogan Lovells – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday reversed the district court’s judgment in United States v. California Stem Cell Treatment Center, siding with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in finding that a stem cell clinic’s...