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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...

Largest ALS patient-based stem cell, biodata resource opens for research

by admin | Dec 5, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Lindsey Shapiro, PhD – ALS News Today – Answer ALS and Cedars-Sinai have made openly available their amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patient-based stem cell and biodata repository to researchers worldwide. The largest of its kind, the repository...

Exploring mesenchymal stem cells homing mechanisms and improvement strategies

by admin | Dec 4, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Stem Cells Translational Medicine – Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) hold tremendous potential for regenerative medicine and the treatment of currently incurable diseases. These adult multipotent progenitor cells are essential for tissue regeneration and wound...

CAR T-Cell Therapy Shows Efficacy in Young Patients with Incurable Brain Cancer

by admin | Dec 3, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News Clinical trial results are showing the first successes against solid tumors for CAR-T cells. The findings offer hope for children with a group of deadly brain and spinal cord tumors, including a cancer called diffuse...

3D-printed regenerative blood products boost healing

by admin | Dec 2, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By The Engineer – Engineers at Nottingham University have 3D-printed blood-based regenerative materials that mimic natural healing processes and enhance recovery. Described in Advanced Materials, the ‘biocooperative’ materials combine a subject’s own blood with...

Scientists recreate mouse from gene older than animal life

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

by Queen Mary University of London News New research sheds light on evolutionary origins of stem cells with groundbreaking experiment to create mouse using ancient genetic tools Published in Nature Communications, an international team of researchers has achieved an...