Gene variant slows form of inherited Alzheimer’s disease

by admin | Aug 1, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By NIH Research Matters – Variations in certain genes can modify the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other types of dementia. Some of the best understood variants to date are in a gene called APOE. This gene plays a role in the transport of...

Don’t bring me down: Microgravity helping scientists advance medicines to the final frontier

by admin | Jul 31, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Josh Abbott – Bioprocess International – The International Space Station (ISS) presented a webinar Friday hosted by Patrick O’Neill, public affairs and outreach lead at the ISS. The webinar discussed the upcoming life science activities planned for the...

Purification technologies for induced pluripotent stem cell therapies

by admin | Jul 31, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Nature reviews Bioengineering The reprogramming of somatic cells into induced pluripotent stem cells using Yamanaka factors has revolutionized biomedical research. In the past few years, substantial advances have been made in differentiating them into a variety of...

Organs on Demand? University Lab Prints Its First ‘Voxel’ Building Blocks

by admin | Jul 30, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science – Lab Manager – A research team at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science has developed what it believes could be the template for the first building blocks...

A CRISPR Tool for Tinkering with the Human Transcriptome

by admin | Jul 29, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Danielle Gerhard, PhD – The Scientist – ike the find-and-replace feature of a word processor, CRISPR-based engineering allows scientists to quickly and efficiently edit DNA sequences with base pair precision. Lauded as the great democratizer of gene...

Paving the way for future larynx transplants through regenerative science

by admin | Jul 26, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Susan Buckles – Mayo Clinic – Mayo Clinic envisions a day when regenerative science makes it possible to offer a total larynx transplant to anyone who needs one. The research team of David Lott, M.D., hopes to overcome a shortage of donor organs and...