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BlueRock’s neuronal stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease is first to show positive results in Phase I clinical study

by admin | Jul 3, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By BlueRock Therapeutics Berlin, Germany and Cambridge, M.A., U.S.A., June 28, 2023 – Bayer AG and BlueRock Therapeutics LP, a clinical stage cell therapy company and wholly owned independently operated subsidiary of Bayer AG, today announced positive top-line results...

Test animals, hold your breath

by admin | Jun 29, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan — Animal experimentation may not be a thing of the past just yet, but work on human iPS cell technology may someday grant emancipation for lab mice and other species. Renal proximal tubules play a major role in our kidneys’...

First-of-its-kind noninvasive CRISPR method knocks out anxiety gene

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

By Paul McClure – New Atlas Researchers have developed a noninvasive method of delivering CRISPR gene editing technology to the brains of mice, knocking out a gene that causes anxiety Anxiety affects many people, and for some, medication doesn’t help....

ALS Breakthrough – Parkinson’s Drug Safely Slows Disease Progression by Over 6 Months

by admin | Jun 26, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

Photo of iPSCs-derived Motor neurons derived from an ALS patient. Credit: Morimoto et al/Cell Stem Cell By Cell Press – SciTechDaily Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease is a lethal neurological disorder that progressively...

How a Scientific Fraud Reinvented Himself

by admin | Jun 22, 2023 | News and Opinions

By David Cyranoski – New York Times Science is known for rigorous self-policing by the research community, yet it can seem that scientific fraud is rampant. Why do frauds think they can get away with it? The story of Hwang Woo-suk, a South Korean scientist who...

Life or death choices ahead for California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

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

By David Jensen – Capitol Weekly Directors of the $12 billion California stem cell agency will face a fundamental question next week that could determine whether its efforts to produce revolutionary treatments for afflictions ranging from heart disease to cancer...