Gene and Cell Therapies Take Aim at Parkinson’s Disease

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

By Caroline Seydel – Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News – Parkinson’s disease is characterized by the loss of dopamine-producing neurons. The current treatment is oral levodopa, which is taken up by brain neurons and converted to dopamine. But...

Health Net grant for UC Davis Stem Cell Program to improve access to CAR T-cell therapy

by admin | Dec 17, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Nadine A Yehya – UCDavis Health – Funding promotes local production of CAR T-cell immunotherapy for cancer patients UC Davis Health’s Stem Cell Program has received a $500,000 grant from California health insurer Health Net to improve cancer patients’...

Stem cell therapy TED-A9 showing safety and early efficacy in trial

by admin | Dec 16, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Margarida Maia, PhD – Parkinson’s News Today – The first six Parkinson’s disease patients given the investigational stem cell-based therapy TED-A9 in a clinical trial showed safety and an easing in their symptoms over one year of follow-up, the...

High Response Rate for CAR T-Cell Therapy in Patients With Fast-Growing Leukemia

by admin | Dec 13, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Technology Networks – A novel CAR T-cell therapy has benefitted patients with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Patients with relapsed or refractory CD19-positive B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who were treated with the novel...

A Mayo Clinic collaboration studies engineered stem cells for liver disease

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

By Susan Buckles – Mayo Clinic – Mayo Clinic’s Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics is collaborating with the biotech firm HepaTx on an experimental therapy to regenerate tissue in patients with late-stage liver disease. This new technology takes...

Local News How a landmark UC Davis Health clinical trial to treat spina bifida gave one Roseville family hope

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

By Dina Kupfer – CBS News – SACRAMENTO — A landmark clinical trial is underway at UC Davis Health: the world’s first spina bifida treatment combining fetal surgery with stem cells. A child taking their first steps marks a major milestone, but for...