Penn Medicine Developed CAR T Cell Therapy Wins Third FDA Approval

by admin | Jul 12, 2022 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded its approval for a personalized cellular therapy developed at the University of Pennsylvania’s Abramson Cancer Center, this time for the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory follicular...

How do you expand cell therapy manufacturing to reach more patients per year?

by admin | Jul 12, 2022 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Jane Byrne BioPharma-Reporter The potential of cell therapy is proven, but its impact is limited by manufacturing bottlenecks. “There is broad consensus that we need to automate and quickly in order for cell therapy manufacturing to become a viable industry,...

Cardiac progenitor cells generate healthy tissue after a heart attack

by admin | Jul 11, 2022 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

Technical University of Munich – An international team has come a great deal closer to developing a stem cell therapy that can repair damage after a heart attack. Dr. Christine M. Poch is the first author of a study in which the researchers show how cardiac...

Pre-made stem cells may be pulled off the shelf to treat aggressive cancer

by admin | Jul 11, 2022 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Nick Lavars, Stem cells that can be engineered to take on different properties continue to show huge potential in all areas of medicine, ranging from Parkinson’s disease treatments to regenerative therapies for injured tendons. Scientists adapting this...

3D Bioprinting: Japan’s Advances in Creating Living Tissue

by admin | Jul 8, 2022 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Abigail Saltmarsh – E-Magazine by Medical Expo Faraz Fazal is a researcher at the Institute for Materials and Processes at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Engineering. He says research institutes in Japan are among those making impressive strides. The...

Parkinson’s: Promising stem cell treatment reverses symptoms in rodents

by admin | Jul 8, 2022 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Beth JoJack – Medical News Today A new treatment uses stem cells to generate dopamine and reverse Parkinson’s disease symptoms in rats. Image credit: Marian Vejcik/Getty Images Parkinson’s disease damages a specific class of neurons located in the midbrain....