RFK Jr. Cancels $500 Million In Federal Funding For mRNA Vaccine Research

RFK Jr. Cancels 0 Million In Federal Funding For mRNA Vaccine Research

RFK Jr. Cancels $500 Million In Federal Funding For mRNA Vaccine Research

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

By Siladitya Ray – Forbes – Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he is cancelling contracts and grants worth nearly $500 million earmarked to develop mRNA vaccines, as the long-time vaccine critic has repeatedly cast doubts...

Top FDA Official’s Surprise Departure Means More Uncertainty for Biotech

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

By Josh Nathan-Kazis – Barron’s – Biotech investors seemed to be taking the sudden departure of a top Food and Drug Administration official last month as a good sign for the sector, but increasing turmoil at the FDA could worsen the picture for...

Uncertainty clouds the San Diego biotech hub, with jobs and capital scarce

by admin | Aug 15, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Jonathan Wosen – Stat – But optimism pokes through, as VC returns and local biotech stocks have fared well Ever since Vince Kato was laid off, he has felt like he was just two to three months away from landing a new position. But more than a year later,...

Study using stem cells created from ALS patients identifies potential new target for treatment

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

by Case Western Reserve University – The Daily – CLEVELAND—Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is an incurable neurological disorder affecting motor neurons—nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary...

VA’s first bloodless stem cell transplant leads to Veteran’s cancer remission

by admin | Aug 13, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Abby Woodruff – Veterans Affairs – Earlier this year, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) performed the first-ever bloodless autologous stem cell transplant in the VA system. Keith Cody, a Marine Corps Veteran, walked out of TVHS in remission...

Scientists reprogram stem cells to create renewable cancer-fighting T cells

by admin | Aug 12, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Denise Heady, University of California, Los Angeles – MedicalXpress – In a first-of-its-kind clinical trial, UCLA scientists have shown it’s possible to reprogram a patient’s blood-forming stem cells to generate a continuous supply of...