Engineered Bone Marrow Model Advances CRISPR-CAR T Research in AML

by admin | Nov 21, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News – Scientists at the University of Glasgow developed a bioengineered bone marrow (BM) model that helped them to evaluate potential use of a combined CRISPR-CAR T cell therapy in the treatment of acute myeloid...

Stem Cells Prevent Heart Failure After Heart Attack

by admin | Nov 20, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By American Medical Journal – A NEW phase 3 clinical trial has revealed that stem cells can help prevent heart failure in patients recovering from acute myocardial infarction. The study found that intracoronary infusion of mesenchymal stem cells significantly...

We need to start thinking of AI as “normal”

by admin | Nov 19, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By James O’Donnell – MIT Technology Review – As technologists frame AI as either utopian or dystopian, two researchers offer a third option. Right now, despite its ubiquity, AI is seen as anything but a normal technology. There is talk of AI systems...

Anti-fibrotic effect of human amniotic fluid stem cells in biliary epithelial-mesenchymal transition of liver ductal organoid

by admin | Nov 18, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Stem Cells Translational Medicine – Abstract Purpose In biliary atresia (BA), it has been demonstrated that biliary epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of reactive ductular cells is associated with liver fibrosis. This study aimed to develop an ex vivo...

Stanford makes stem cell transplants safer without chemo

by admin | Nov 17, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Stanford Medicine – ScienceDaiiy – A Stanford-led team has replaced toxic pre-transplant chemotherapy with a targeted antibody, allowing children with Fanconi anemia to receive stem cell transplants safely. The antibody, briquilimab, removes diseased...

Salamanders can regrow limbs. Could humans someday?

by admin | Nov 14, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Kermit Pattison – Harvard Gazette – Findings on adrenaline’s role in process raise new possibilities for regenerative medicine Biologists long have been fascinated by the ability of salamanders to regrow entire limbs. Now Harvard researchers have solved part of...