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Scientists Receive .8M to Pursue Gene Therapy for ‘Incurable’ Disease

Scientists Receive $4.8M to Pursue Gene Therapy for ‘Incurable’ Disease

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

CIRM grant will fund novel gene therapy aiming for one-time, lifelong treatment of Friedreich’s ataxia, a progressive neuromuscular disorder; second CIRM grant will advance efforts to leverage UC San Diego research on another rare disease By Scott LaFee – UC San...

Scientists identify neurons that restore walking after paralysis

by admin | Jan 13, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By EPFL News A new study by scientists at the .NeuroRestore research center has identified the type of neuron that is activated and remodeled by spinal cord stimulation, allowing patients to stand up, walk and rebuild their muscles – thus improving their quality of...

A different kind of cell signal: New method enables clear, precise imaging of human cells

by admin | Jan 12, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology developed a new method to ‘see’ the fine structure and chemical composition of a human cell with unmatched clarity and precision. By Jenna Kurtzweil – University of Illinois Beckman...

FDA no longer needs to require animal tests before human drug trials

by admin | Jan 11, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Meredith Wadman – Science New law welcomed by animal welfare groups, but others say change won’t happen fast New medicines need not be tested in animals to receive U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, according to legislation signed by President...

Phase 3 Clinical Trial: Brain Cancer Vaccine Shows Promising Results

by admin | Jan 11, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Press Office – King’s College London – neurosciencenews.com Summary: Results of a phase three clinical trial of a novel brain cancer vaccine, DCVax-L, that uses a patient’s stem cells to target cancer cells extended survival by many months to years for...

Cancer stem cells are fueled through dialogue with their environments

by admin | Jan 10, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Elaine Fuchs – The Rockefeller University Image Caption: TGF beta signaling (red) is one way that the environment causes cancer stem cells at the stroma-tumor border (green) to become invasive. Living cells are dyed blue. Credit: Shaopeng Yuan What drives...