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New Webinar: Novel Interventions for Preempting Neurodegeneration
by The Kitalys Institute - FRIDAY JUNE 14, 2024 Co-Moderators Lee Rubin, PhD, Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard Stem Cell Institute and Lawrence Steinman, MD, Zimmermann Professor of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, and Pediatrics Stanford...
Disc comfort: gene therapy for chronic back pain
by Megan Giboney - RegMedNet - Ohio State University (USA) researchers have developed a novel non-viral gene therapy to treat discogenic back pain, a type of chronic low back pain that results from the degeneration of intervertebral discs. Intervertebral discs...
June 11 -13, 2024: Regenerative Medicine Essentials Course at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
By The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) Winston-Salem, North Carolina - WFIRM has announced that the 11th annual Regenerative Medicine Essentials Course will again be held in Winston-Salem, North Carolina with both hybrid and in-person options....
Why Can’t a Human Be More like a Salamander?
By Eve Herold - Healthspan Action Coalition - Could a human regenerate an organ or a limb, like starfish or Axolotls, the little smiling salamanders that retain neoteny, or qualities rarely seen in organisms past the larval stage? And, Frankenstein aside, could...
New stem cell transplant approach may expand donor pool for high-risk blood cancer patients
by University of Miami Miller School of Medicine - Medical and Life Science News - A new treatment approach using an older drug may enable more patients with high-risk blood cancers to receive transplanted stem cells from unrelated, partially matched donors, according...
Australian approach enhances particle therapy for cancer treatment
by Imma Perfetto - Cosmos Magazine - A new addition to charged particle therapy cancer treatment developed by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation has been shown to enhance its efficacy in cell studies. The Neutron Capture Enhanced Particle...
Recent Insights Into Resetting Stem Cells Pave Way For Regenerative Medicine
by Oyvind Dahle - Foley & Lardner, LLP - On May 20 a major advance in stem cell and regenerative medicine was reported in Nature by a team from the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (WPI-ASHBi) at Kyoto University. The team, led by Dr. Mitinori Saitou,...
Researchers reveal promising treatment target for resistant brain cancer
By John Pastor - Virginia Tech News - Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists identify key cell pathway in glioblastoma, potentially opening new avenues for therapy. For many patients with a deadly type of brain cancer called glioblastoma, chemotherapy...
Some scientists seriously believe we could live forever by the 2030s. Here’s what you need to know about the ‘longevity escape velocity’ theory.
By Hilary Brueck - MSN News Insider - Eternal youth-seekers and investors alike are getting increasingly excited about a concept called "Longevity Escape Velocity." This hypothetical idea borrows its name from "escape velocity," the basic physics principle which...
Signs of Alzheimer’s were everywhere. Then his brain improved
By Sandee LaMotte - CNN - Preventive neurologist Dr Richard Isaacson stared at the numbers on the fax in astonishment. Blood biomarkers of telltale signs of early Alzheimer’s disease in the brain of his patient, 55-year-old entrepreneur Simon Nicholls, had all but...
Building More Homes for Hematopoietic Stem Cells
By Columbia University Irving Medical Center - A new study reveals how stem cell niche generation is regulated in bone marrow, which could lead to improvements in stem cell transplantation for the treatment of blood diseases. Bone marrow transplants give patients new...
Inhale, exhale, in vitro: generating epithelial iPSCs
by Kadeja Johnson - RegMedNet - A new study details findings that provide an alternative way to study human lung regeneration. A team of researchers from the Boston Medical Center (BMC; MA, USA) and Boston University (BU; MA, USA) have developed a method using...