News and Opinions - World Stem Cell Summit

The chemical controlling life and death in hair follicles

by admin | Jul 28, 2022 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

Image Caption: New research into factors that control the life and death of hair follicle cells could help people with baldness, as well as wound healing. Credit: Helpaeatcontu/Wikimedia by Jules Bernstein, University of California – Riverside A single chemical...

Charles River jumps into cell and gene therapy manufacturing with 5M Cognate buy

Charles River jumps into cell and gene therapy manufacturing with $875M Cognate buy

by admin | Jul 27, 2022 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Fraiser Kansteiner – Fierce Pharma Just a few weeks after Cognate BioServices moved to beef up its cell and gene therapy manufacturing, the company has attracted a buyer eager to tap that expertise. Charles River Laboratories agreed to throw down $875 million...

Vertex absorbs ViaCyte and its stem cell-based diabetes treatment for 0M, clearing out competition

Vertex absorbs ViaCyte and its stem cell-based diabetes treatment for $320M, clearing out competition

by admin | Jul 26, 2022 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Max Bayer – Fierce Pharma Just a week after Vertex’s stem cell therapy to treat type 1 diabetes was released from an FDA clinical hold, the company is clearing out potential competition by buying ViaCyte for $320 million. The all-cash deal announced Monday...

A major step forward for organ biofabrication

by admin | Jul 25, 2022 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions, Video

By recreating the helical structure of heart muscles, researchers improve understanding of how the heart beats By Leah Burrows – Harvard John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Heart disease — the leading cause of death in the U.S. — is so...

A Newly Discovered Type of Stem Cell Could Allow Scientists To Make Organs in a Dish

by admin | Jul 22, 2022 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By University of Copenhagen – SciTechDaily.com The University of Copenhagen researchers utilized a mouse model to discover an alternate path that some cells follow to build organs and used that information to exploit a new kind of stem cells as a possible supply...

New study allows researchers to more efficiently form human heart cells from stem cells

by admin | Jul 21, 2022 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By Rebekah McBride – University of Wisconsin–Madison Lab-grown human heart cells provide a powerful tool to understand and potentially treat heart disease. However, the methods to produce human heart cells from pluripotent stem cells are not optimal....