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Pioneering stem-cell trials in Japan report promising early results

by admin | Sep 17, 2022 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

The country has invested hundreds of millions of dollars into research on induced pluripotent stem cells to treat diseased organs. by: Smriti Mallapaty – Nature Some of the first trials to test whether reprogrammed stem cells can repair diseased organs have...

Moderna sues Pfizer, BioNTech over COVID-19 vaccine

by admin | Sep 12, 2022 | News and Opinions

Moderna is suing Pfizer and BioNTech, alleging they copied technology that Moderna first developed years before the pandemic in producing the first COVID-19 vaccine approved in the U.S., the company announced Friday. Driving the news: Moderna is seeking unspecified...

‘Synthetic’ embryo with brain and beating heart grown from stem cells by Cambridge scientists

by admin | Sep 11, 2022 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Sarah Collins and Jacqueline Garget – University of Cambridge Researchers from the University of Cambridge have created model embryos from mouse stem cells that form a brain, a beating heart, and the foundations of all the other organs of the body – a new...

Hydrogel that outperforms cartilage could be in human knees in 2023

by admin | Sep 11, 2022 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Michael Irving – New Atlas Joint pain is a common ailment of aging, thanks to cartilage’s tendency to wear out. Now, researchers at Duke University have developed a new hydrogel that’s stronger and more durable than the real thing, which could make for longer...

Personalized Immunotherapy Shows Promise Beyond Cancer

by admin | Sep 10, 2022 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

AUDIO -Science Friday Article CAR T cell therapy, a type of immunotherapy in which a patient’s own immune cells are modified to create a hybrid immune cell that destroys cancer cells, was first developed over a decade ago. Now, researchers are continuing to...

The New York Stem Cell Foundation Mourns the Loss of CEO Susan L. Solomon

by admin | Sep 9, 2022 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

One of the great patient advocates of our time, Susan Solomon, has passed away. Susan was a visionary leader and true force of nature. A diabetes mom, she launched the New York Stem Cell Foundation that has supported cutting edge research and constructed a major...