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New Webinar: Novel Interventions for Preempting Neurodegeneration

by admin | Jun 12, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by The Kitalys Institute – FRIDAY JUNE 14, 2024 Co-Moderators Lee Rubin, PhD, Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard Stem Cell Institute and Lawrence Steinman, MD, Zimmermann Professor of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, and Pediatrics...

Disc comfort: gene therapy for chronic back pain

by admin | Jun 11, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Megan Giboney – RegMedNet – Ohio State University (USA) researchers have developed a novel non-viral gene therapy to treat discogenic back pain, a type of chronic low back pain that results from the degeneration of intervertebral discs. Intervertebral...

STARTING TOMORROW: Regenerative Medicine Essentials Course at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine

June 11 -13, 2024: Regenerative Medicine Essentials Course at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine

by admin | Jun 10, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) Winston-Salem, North Carolina – WFIRM has announced that the 11th annual Regenerative Medicine Essentials Course will again be held in Winston-Salem, North Carolina with both hybrid and in-person...

Why Can’t a Human Be More like a Salamander?

by admin | Jun 8, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Eve Herold – Healthspan Action Coalition – Could a human regenerate an organ or a limb, like starfish or Axolotls, the little smiling salamanders that retain neoteny, or qualities rarely seen in organisms past the larval stage? And, Frankenstein aside,...

New stem cell transplant approach may expand donor pool for high-risk blood cancer patients

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

by University of Miami Miller School of Medicine – Medical and Life Science News – A new treatment approach using an older drug may enable more patients with high-risk blood cancers to receive transplanted stem cells from unrelated, partially matched...

Australian approach enhances particle therapy for cancer treatment

by admin | Jun 3, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Imma Perfetto – Cosmos Magazine – A new addition to charged particle therapy cancer treatment developed by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation has been shown to enhance its efficacy in cell studies. The Neutron Capture Enhanced...