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Treating spinal cord injuries with stem cells

by admin | Apr 3, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

PODCAST by Brian Culley – Beyond Biotech – Spinal cord injuries impact millions of people worldwide and, unlike many chronic injuries, they usually arrive with no forewarning, impacting the young and old alike. Brian Culley is CEO of Lineage Cell...

New CRISPR tool enables more seamless gene editing — and improved disease modeling

by admin | Apr 1, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Bill Hathaway – Yale Health & Medicine – Yale scientists have developed a CRISPR technology that can assess genetic interactions on a host of immunological responses to multiple diseases, including cancer. Advances in the gene-editing technology...

Building a regenerative medicine industry: Lessons from North Carolina

by admin | Mar 31, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Tim Bertram – Pharmaphorum – The field of regenerative medicine is advancing rapidly, offering transformative solutions for a wide range of health conditions. However, while scientific breakthroughs in regenerative medicines like cell and gene therapies...

Healthspan Action Coalition and Kitalys Institute Propose Landmark Legislation to Promote Healthy Longevity

by admin | Mar 28, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

“An important step towards slowing aging and the onset of major age-related chronic diseases” Washington, DC and San Francisco, CA, March 27, 2025— The Healthspan Action Coalition (HSAC) and the Kitalys Institute jointly proposed today the initial draft of a bill...

Probing the Mysteries of the Aging Brain

by admin | Mar 28, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Dennis Nealon – Harvard Research – Research led by new faculty member Michael Segel focuses on mammalian lifespans Sixteen years ago, Michael Segel was a rising senior at Brookline High School in Massachusetts when, acting on a friend’s suggestion, he...

Cells That Build Themselves Into an Embryo? Scientists Just Made It Happen

by admin | Mar 27, 2025 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By University of California – Santa Cruz – SciTechDaily – Scientists have found a way to study early embryonic development without real embryos. Using CRISPR, they programmed stem cells to self-organize into structures mimicking early embryos. The...