By Science Direct - The management of neurological disorders is profoundly complicated by spinal cord injury (SCI), which leads to the impairment of motor and sensory functions. A major challenge in the treatment of SCI is the formation of a dysfunctional pathological...

By VHIO - One-third of HER2-positive (HER2+) tumors express the P95HER2 protein, which associates with an aggressive form of breast cancer with a poorer prognosis. Investigators of the VHIO’s Growth Factors Group, and the Cancer Research Program of Hospital del Mar...

By James Dinneen - New Scientist - Growing wood directly from stem cells could offer an alternative to cutting threatened hardwood trees, but it isn't clear if it has same properties as actual wood. What may be the world’s first piece of lab-grown wood isn’t quite big...

by Lindsey Shapiro, PhD - ALS News Today - Answer ALS and Cedars-Sinai have made openly available their amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patient-based stem cell and biodata repository to researchers worldwide. The largest of its kind, the repository contains...

By Stem Cells Translational Medicine - Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) hold tremendous potential for regenerative medicine and the treatment of currently incurable diseases. These adult multipotent progenitor cells are essential for tissue regeneration and wound repair...

By Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News Clinical trial results are showing the first successes against solid tumors for CAR-T cells. The findings offer hope for children with a group of deadly brain and spinal cord tumors, including a cancer called diffuse...

By The Engineer - Engineers at Nottingham University have 3D-printed blood-based regenerative materials that mimic natural healing processes and enhance recovery. Described in Advanced Materials, the ‘biocooperative’ materials combine a subject’s own blood with...

by Queen Mary University of London News New research sheds light on evolutionary origins of stem cells with groundbreaking experiment to create mouse using ancient genetic tools Published in Nature Communications, an international team of researchers has achieved an...

by Emily Mullin - Wired - It’s been a year since the gene-editing treatment Casgevy was approved for sickle cell disease and a related blood disorder. It’s finally being infused into patients. Called Casgevy, the gene-editing treatment is for people with sickle cell...

By The Broad Stem Cell Research Center - Technology Networks - Researchers have uncovered an unexpected role for the molecule netrin1 in organizing the developing spinal cord. Scientists at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell...

By Andis Robeznieks - American Medical Association - It is critically important to make health IT accessible for all and to achieve equitable adoption among aging patients, people with hearing and eyesight impairment, as well as those who live in communities...

by Imma Perfetto - Cosmos - An Australian researcher has been awarded $60,000 to build more complex models of the human lung, with the hope to discover new therapies for respiratory diseases. Dr Rhiannon Werder, team leader at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute...