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Cell and gene therapy approvals drive paradigm change in manufacturing

by admin | Oct 16, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Irena Maragkou – Pharmaceutical Technology – Innovative cell and gene therapies (CGTs) have significantly disrupted the treatment landscape for several genetic diseases. In recent years, the number of CGT approvals has been on an upward trajectory, with...

CAR T-Cell Therapy: Pathology Is Key to This Revolutionary Cancer Treatment

by admin | Oct 14, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Isabella Backman – Yale School of Medicine – CAR T-cell therapy, officially known as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, is among the newest cancer treatments that harness our immune system— the powerful network of cells, tissues, and organs...

World’s first ovarian cancer vaccine being developed in UK ‘could wipe out the disease’

by admin | Oct 11, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Sky News – The world’s first ovarian cancer vaccine could wipe the disease out, researchers have said. OvarianVax is a vaccine that teaches the immune system to recognise and attack the earliest stages of ovarian cancer. It’s being developed by...

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...