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Researchers turn to CRISPR to unlock one of the trickiest diseases to treat: Alzheimer’s

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

By Andrew Joseph – Stat News When the genome-editing tool CRISPR is thought of as a potential medicine, the targets that first come to mind are diseases like sickle cell or other conditions caused by particular mutations. Use CRISPR to fix that mutation, the...

The next genomics wave: The powerful era of single-cell genomics

by admin | Jul 20, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By The Harvard Gazette For more than 20 years, scientists have been able to unravel the sequence of the human genome, the precise recipe of everyone’s DNA. That has led to incredible advances in discovering genes responsible for countless diseases. But within the last...

Researchers visualize activity of CRISPR genetic scissors in real time

by admin | Jul 19, 2023 | News and Opinions

by Leipzig University – Phys.org When bacteria are attacked by a virus, they can defend themselves with a mechanism that fends off the genetic material introduced by the intruder. The key is CRISPR-Cas protein complexes. It is only in the last decade that their...

Making Genetically Engineered Stem Cells Viable

by admin | Jul 19, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

Growing and selection are crucial. by Josh Conway – Lifespan.io CRISPR is still imperfect While the accuracy of genetic modification through the well-known CRISPR/Cas9 system continues to improve, the technology remains imperfect. Small mistakes were initially...

Stem Cell Medical Tourism Leads to Meningitis in MS Patient

by admin | Jul 18, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

— Difficult infection took weeks to identify; doctors warn about unproven treatments by Sophie Putka – MedPage Today A woman with multiple sclerosis (MS) who had intrathecal injections of umbilical cord stem cells in Mexico ended up with a severe Mycobacterium...

CAR T Cells Derived From Stem Cells Open Door To Universal Donor Cell Lines

by admin | Jul 17, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by William A. Haseltine – Forbes Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC), a continuing muse in cell therapy research, could potentially be used to improve flaws associated with conventional CAR T therapy. What if an effective cancer treatment became cheaper and...