News and Opinions - World Stem Cell Summit

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...

How Japanese science is trying to reassert its research strength

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

By Tim Hornyak – Nature Successes in life sciences and international collaboration could be key to boosting the country’s high-quality output. After five years studying genome editing at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, Keiji Nishida returned to...

3D bioprinting inside the human body could be possible thanks to new soft robot

by admin | Mar 23, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

by Neil Martin – UNSW Sydney Newsroom UNSW researchers unveil prototype device that can directly 3D print living cells onto internal organs and potentially be used as an all-in-one endoscopic surgical tool. Engineers from UNSW Sydney have developed a miniature...

Beyond CRISPR babies: how human genome editing is moving on after scandal

by admin | Mar 22, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Heidi Ledford – Nature Researchers will discuss advances in genome-editing technologies — and the ethics of deploying them — at a major international summit. When researchers gather in London next week for the Third International Summit on Human Genome...

How Stem Cells Are Reshaping Modern Medicine, From Sprained Ankles to Alzheimer’s

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

By Mike Sarraille and Jason Boulay – Men’s Journal Whether you’re a professional athlete or just trying to stay in shape, you know the impact that even a minor injury can have on an active lifestyle. You’ve likely heard of stem cell therapy;...

Stanford Medicine scientists transform cancer cells into weapons against cancer

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

Researchers found that when they turned cancer cells into immune cells, they were able to teach other immune cells how to attack cancer. By Christopher Vaughan – Stanford Medicine News Center Some cities fight gangs with ex-members who educate kids and starve...