Biotech Tango dances away from preclinical work to extend cash runway, while Avalo lays out spending options

by admin | Jun 4, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Nick Paul Taylor – Fierce Biotech – Biotech bank balances were again in focus Monday morning, with Tango Therapeutics cutting preclinical work to stretch its cash runway and Avalo Therapeutics outlining options for preserving its money. Tango extended...

Embryonic macrophages found to control blood stem cell numbers in bone marrow

by admin | Jun 3, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Kerstin Wagner, Leibniz – MedicalXpress.com – Scientists at the Leibniz Institute on Aging—Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in Jena have discovered a previously unknown function of immune cells in the bone marrow. Embryonic macrophages—specialized...

Federal appeals court sends CRISPR-Cas9 patent case back to patent office for reconsideration

by admin | Jun 2, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Robert Sanders – UC Berkley News – In a decision released today (May 12), the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., ordered the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to reconsider its 2022...

The stem cell race for Parkinson’s disease: Recent studies show significant promise

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

By Willow Shah-Neville – LabBioTech – Parkinson’s disease is an extremely complex condition to treat. Although there are medications available that can help relieve symptoms, there are still no approved therapies that slow down the progression of the...

New Cell Therapy For Resistant Hodgkins Patients

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

By Derek Lowe – Science – Here’s some more good news on the immuno-oncology front. Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is one of those cancer types whose prognosis is in the “A lot better than it used to be, but. . .” category. There are several varieties (with the...

Cracking the code to scalable cell and gene therapy

by admin | May 28, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Drug Target Review – Cell and gene therapy (CGT) is advancing rapidly, offering new treatments for complex conditions such as cancer and genetic disorders. As these therapies evolve, the demand for more efficient and reliable methods of cell expansion – an...