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Study Provides Clues to Developing Better Treatments for Lung Damage

by admin | Nov 28, 2023 | News and Opinions

By Angela Spivey – Duke University School of Medicine Scientists and clinicians at the Duke University School of Medicine have discovered new details about how lung tissue heals after injury caused by toxins such as air pollution or cigarette smoke. The...

A better way to heal damaged muscle

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

By Waterloo News People who have experienced significant muscle damage have new hope thanks to Evolved.Bio, a startup that has developed innovative technology that can regenerate muscle tissue in a highly effective way. Other biotech companies use natural or synthetic...

Breaking new ground on an allogeneic immunotherapy

by admin | Nov 24, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Felix Myhill – RegMedNet Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA; CA, USA) have produced safe and effective allogeneic immune cells that one day may be mobilized to combat cancer. Allogeneic cell therapies differ from autologous cell...

Study shows immune molecule may play key role in the progression of ALS

by admin | Nov 23, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Mayo Clinic’s Discovery’s Edge Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators have identified a protein expressed by immune cells that may play a key role in the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease....

Sickle-Cell Treatment Created With Gene Editing Wins U.K. Approval

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

By Gina Kolata – The New York Times The first treatment that relies on CRISPR is expected to receive U.S. approval next month. But it may cost millions of dollars per patient. Regulators in Britain on Thursday approved the first treatment derived from CRISPR,...

Groundbreaking technology developed to extract mesenchymal stem cells from pure bone marrow

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

By News Medical Life Sciences Researchers from the Critical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, in...