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Boosting health equity with lab-grown tissues

by admin | Mar 4, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By University of California Irvine – Popular Science recently chose Quinton Smith, UC Irvine assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, as one of its Brilliant 10 scientists “on the cusp of changing the world” for his research on growing...

Livelong Summit: Key Longevity Trends for Medical Professionals

by admin | Mar 1, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By the HSAC TEAM Healthspan Action Coalition (HSAC) is sponsoring The Livelong Summit™ to bring you an exclusive 2-day event featuring some of the greatest minds in medicine and longevity science. Because so many medical professionals have already signed up, we’ve...

New CRISPR tool accelerates and optimizes genome editing

by admin | Feb 27, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By April Wendling, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – Phys.org – CRISPR/Cas systems have undergone tremendous advancement in the past decade. These precise genome editing tools have applications ranging from transgenic crop development to gene...

5 surprising reasons why you should donate blood

by admin | Feb 26, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By U. Rochester-URMC – Futuirity – The American Red Cross is experiencing the most critical blood shortage in 20 years. Blood shortages are all too common, but they’re occurring more frequently now than ever before. Contact the Red Cross to find local...

Studying “Stone Man Syndrome,” Scientists Inadvertently Improve Cellular Reprogramming

by admin | Feb 23, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

Ben Andrew Henry – The Scientist – While studying a rare genetic disease, researchers discovered a signaling pathway linked to the efficiency of reprogramming somatic cells into stem cells. Thanks to a chance discovery, researchers have found a more...

Thermo Fisher expands partnership with Multiply Labs to automate cell therapy production

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

By Joseph Keenan – Fierce Pharma – Robotics specialist Multiply Labs and Thermo Fisher Scientific inked a deal to expand their partnership to further automate the cell therapy production process. The two companies will integrate Multiply Lab’s...