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Gene-edited rice may be able to grow on Mars

by admin | Apr 5, 2023 | News and Opinions

By Leah Crane – New Scientist Gene-edited rice plants may be able to grow on Mars. Researchers have now identified a gene that, when modified, seems to give rice plants a better chance of surviving in harsh Martian soil. Martian soil, or regolith, has fewer...

Methods for growing skeletal muscle tissue from stem cells to help understand disease

by admin | Apr 4, 2023 | News and Opinions

by The Francis Crick Institute Head of the Crick’s Stem Cells and Neuromuscular Regeneration Lab, Francesco Saverio Tedesco, is also a doctor at Great Ormond Street Hospital, where he specializes in neurological and neuromuscular diseases of childhood, like...

Stem Cells May Move to the Front Line against Multiple Sclerosis

by admin | Apr 3, 2023 | News and Opinions

By Sue Pearson – Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News Multiple sclerosis (MS), a potentially disabling disease in which the immune system attacks the myelin sheath of nerve cells, currently lacks a cure. The available treatments are designed to speed the...

Athenex’s cash dries up as it faces clinical hold on cancer therapy in wake of patient death

by admin | Mar 31, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Gabrielle Masson – Fierce Biotech News Athenex is in a tight spot, trying to stretch out its remaining cash and ward off an unruly creditor just as the FDA slaps a clinical hold on its neuroblastoma cell therapy while it explores a patient’s death in a...

To Ward Off Aging, Stem Cells Must Take Out the Trash

by admin | Mar 30, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

Nicole Mlynaryk – University of California Sab Diego News UC San Diego scientists find stem cells’ unique way of discarding misfolded proteins could be the key to maintaining long-term health and preventing disease In humanity’s ongoing quest for the elixir of...

Scientists identify a method to rejuvenate old stem cells

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

By Linda Wang – UCLA Health A research team led by Dr. Thomas Rando, director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA, has discovered that restoring glutathione—a key antioxidant that prevents cell...