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Test animals, hold your breath

by admin | Jun 29, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan — Animal experimentation may not be a thing of the past just yet, but work on human iPS cell technology may someday grant emancipation for lab mice and other species. Renal proximal tubules play a major role in our kidneys’...

First-of-its-kind noninvasive CRISPR method knocks out anxiety gene

by admin | Jun 27, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Paul McClure – New Atlas Researchers have developed a noninvasive method of delivering CRISPR gene editing technology to the brains of mice, knocking out a gene that causes anxiety Anxiety affects many people, and for some, medication doesn’t help....

ALS Breakthrough – Parkinson’s Drug Safely Slows Disease Progression by Over 6 Months

by admin | Jun 26, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

Photo of iPSCs-derived Motor neurons derived from an ALS patient. Credit: Morimoto et al/Cell Stem Cell By Cell Press – SciTechDaily Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease is a lethal neurological disorder that progressively...

How a Scientific Fraud Reinvented Himself

by admin | Jun 22, 2023 | News and Opinions

By David Cyranoski – New York Times Science is known for rigorous self-policing by the research community, yet it can seem that scientific fraud is rampant. Why do frauds think they can get away with it? The story of Hwang Woo-suk, a South Korean scientist who...

Life or death choices ahead for California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

by admin | Jun 22, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By David Jensen – Capitol Weekly Directors of the $12 billion California stem cell agency will face a fundamental question next week that could determine whether its efforts to produce revolutionary treatments for afflictions ranging from heart disease to cancer...

The secret to longevity lies in stem cell research

by admin | Jun 21, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Silicon Republic PhD researcher Áine Varley from the University of Galway explains her stem cell research which aims to unlock the secret to immortality in jellyfish-like sea creatures. “As a young child, I was a massive fan of the Horrible Science books written by...