Computer-designed proteins guide stem cells to form blood vessels

by admin | Jun 24, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Ian Haydon, University of Washington School of Medicine – Phys.org – Using computer-designed proteins, researchers have now shown they are able to direct human stem cells to form new blood vessels in the lab. This milestone in regenerative medicine...

Most stem cells die after being injected into brain; new technique could change that

by admin | Jun 21, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Laurie Kaiser – University of Buffalo – When the myelin sheath that surrounds nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord becomes damaged, a number of debilitating conditions can result that limit mobility, inhibit independence and reduce life expectancy....

FDA Grants Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy Designation for AMT-130 Gene Therapy in Huntington Disease

by admin | Jun 20, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Isabella Ciccone, MPH – Nueurology Live – Recently, the FDA granted regenerative medicine advanced therapy (RMAT) designation to uniQure’s investigational Huntington disease (HD) gene therapy AMT-130 based on interim data from a phase 1/2 trial...

L’Oreal says it’s working on a form of bioprinted skin that can actually ‘feel’

by admin | Jun 19, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Ryan Browne – CNBC – PARIS, France — French beauty and cosmetics giant L’Oreal is working on a form of synthetically produced skin that it says will one day be able to “feel” like we do. At the Viva Technology conference in Paris last...

Study: CAR T for Prostate Cancer Shows Efficacy

by admin | Jun 18, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Letisia Marquez – City of Hope – Treating prostate cancer with immunotherapy is currently difficult to do. But preliminary results from a first in-human phase 1 trial using a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy developed by researchers from...

A cell therapy to heal a broken heart

by admin | Jun 17, 2024 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD – Drug Discovery News – Researchers harvest stem cells from patients who have recently had a heart attack and use them to trigger regeneration of their cardiac muscle. For many people, surviving a heart attack is just the...