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...

Silk-based biomaterials for promoting spinal cord regeneration: A review

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

By Science Direct – The management of neurological disorders is profoundly complicated by spinal cord injury (SCI), which leads to the impairment of motor and sensory functions. A major challenge in the treatment of SCI is the formation of a dysfunctional...

Novel CAR T-cell therapy demonstrates efficacy and safety in preclinical models of HER2-positive solid tumors

by admin | Dec 9, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By VHIO – One-third of HER2-positive (HER2+) tumors express the P95HER2 protein, which associates with an aggressive form of breast cancer with a poorer prognosis. Investigators of the VHIO’s Growth Factors Group, and the Cancer Research Program of Hospital del...

A sliver of lab-grown wood has been made from stem cells

by admin | Dec 6, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By James Dinneen – New Scientist – Growing wood directly from stem cells could offer an alternative to cutting threatened hardwood trees, but it isn’t clear if it has same properties as actual wood. What may be the world’s first piece of lab-grown...