News and Opinions - World Stem Cell Summit

‘Serial Killing’ Cell Therapy From Autolus Lands FDA Approval in Blood Cancer

by admin | Nov 22, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Frank Vinluan – MedCity News – Autolus Therapeutics’ Aucatzyl is now FDA approved for treating advanced cases of B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia. While it goes after the same target as Gilead Sciences’ Tecartus, Autolus engineered its CAR...

World-first stem-cell treatment restores vision in people

by admin | Nov 21, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Smriti Mallapaty – Nature – The treatment, given to four people with damaged corneas, seems safe but needs to be tested in larger trials. Three people with severely impaired vision who received stem-cell transplants have experienced substantial...

Human stem cell-derived heart cells are safe in monkeys, could treat congenital heart disease

by admin | Nov 20, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By By Jordana Lenon – University of Wisconsin-Madison – Heart muscle cells grown from stem cells show promise in monkeys with a heart problem that typically results from a heart defect sometimes present at birth in humans, according to new research from...

Markers in iPSC quality control—a new approach to enhance standardization

by admin | Nov 19, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Christiane Klasen – Phys.org – Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have a great potential for scientific and medical applications. They are used in research laboratories to model human diseases, helping to uncover underlying mechanisms and...

Nasal Spray Made From Stem Cells Could Treat Alzheimer’s Disease

by admin | Nov 18, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Texas A&M College of Medicine News – A new therapy may delay Alzheimer’s disease progression by years, according to a study by researchers at Texas A&M University College of Medicine. Published in the Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, the research...

New Stem Cell Data From Space

by admin | Nov 15, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

Arun Sharma, PhD By Cedars Sinai News – Cedars-Sinai investigators are one step closer to manufacturing stem cells in space, which could speed up the development of new medical therapies on Earth. The first published data from the experiments conducted on a...