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FDA approves allogeneic stem cell transplant therapy

by admin | May 1, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Catherine Eckford – European Pharmaceutical Review The first allogeneic stem cell transplant therapy to be approved based on Phase III study results has been granted by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell...

Rudy the Rhino Makes Plea to the World

by admin | Apr 28, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

Winston-Salem, North Carolina – Move over Smokey the Bear and meet Rudy the Rhino! Up to one million plant and animal species face extinction, many within decades, because of human activities. One of these is the Northern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum...

How artificial intelligence is matching drugs to patients

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

By Natalie Lisbona – BBC News Dr Talia Cohen Solal sits down at a microscope to look closely at human brain cells grown in a petri dish. “The brain is very subtle, complex and beautiful,” she says. A neuroscientist, Dr Cohen Solal is the co-founder...

Developing cell therapies with a stem cell robot

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

by Jasmine Hagan – RegMedNet The UK is set to be the second country to trial a pioneering stem cell robot to improve the manufacture of safe and cost-effective cell-based therapeutics. Manufacturing challenges have limited the availability of stem cell-based...

A new peptide may hold potential as an Alzheimer’s treatment

by admin | Apr 25, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

The peptide blocks a hyperactive brain enzyme that contributes to the neurodegeneration seen in Alzheimer’s and other diseases. By Anne Trafton – MIT News MIT neuroscientists have found a way to reverse neurodegeneration and other symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease...

Scientists Are About to Try to Create Stem Cells in Space

by admin | Apr 24, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

Cedars-Sinai researchers are working with Axiom Space to test if stem cells can be easily produced and grown aboard the International Space Station. By Ed Cara – Gizmodo Stem cell research is expanding beyond earthly confines. Scientists from Cedars-Sinai...