Novel surgical approach for retinal gene therapy shows promise

by admin | Dec 30, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Mayo Clinic – A Mayo Clinic study published in the September 2025 issue of Science Advances explores a novel approach to retinal gene therapy using fibrin hydrogels encapsulating adeno-associated virus 2-green fluorescent protein (AAV2-GFP). The findings...

UC Irvine receives million to test novel stem cell therapy for Huntington’s disease

UC Irvine receives $12 million to test novel stem cell therapy for Huntington’s disease

by admin | Dec 29, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By UCI Health News – CIRM award will support first-of-its-kind clinical trial in humans This award will support a first-in-human safety and tolerability study of an embryonic stem cell-derived neural stem cell product for Huntington’s disease, a milestone for...

To Bring Cell Culture into the Future, Consider Microenvironments

by admin | Dec 26, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by James Lim, PhD – The Scientist – Let’s face it: Nobody pursues a career in science for the joy of culturing cells. But this thankless and time-intensive task is the backbone of biological research. When it’s done extremely well, the results generated...

Case Study: Patient Remains Disease Free Five Years After Allogenic CAR T-Cell Therapy

by admin | Dec 25, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Cleveland Clinic – Patient with quadruple refractory multiple myeloma achieves complete response with cell therapy A Cleveland Clinic patient participated in a clinical trial of allogenic CAR T-cell therapy to treat highly resistant multiple myeloma and...

Disarming cancer stem cells’ shield makes immunotherapy more effective

by admin | Dec 23, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by UChicagoMedicine – Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer care by training the immune system to detect and destroy tumors. For many patients, it works very well in shrinking tumors and sending cancer into remission, an undetectable state of cancer. But that...

Regeneron’s experimental therapy combo effective in untreated cancer patients

by admin | Dec 22, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Sriparna Roy – Reuters News – Regeneron (REGN.O), opens new tab said on Saturday its experimental cancer combination therapy was effective and showed disappearance of the disease in previously untreated patients with a type of blood cancer in the first...