By Carleigh Gabryel - UNC Research News - In a new study published in Nature Chemistry, Carolina researcher Ronit Freeman and her colleagues describe the steps they took to manipulate DNA and proteins — essential building blocks of life — to create cells that look and...

by Heather Landi  - Fierce Healthcare - Walgreens is expanding its specialty pharmacy services to offer gene and cell therapy services, supported by a dedicated 18,000-square-foot center in Pittsburgh, the company announced Thursday. The service is part of the retail...

by Steve Martin - Purdue University - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University researchers are developing and validating a patent-pending treatment for incurable glioblastoma brain tumors. Glioblastomas are almost always lethal with a median survival time of 14...

By - ISSCR - The international Society for Stem Cell Research will host a free webinar celebrating Earth Day April 22, 2024 Program Description: Celebrate Earth Day by diving into the science of conservation, where the potential of stem cells is harnessed to foster a...

By CiRA - Kyoto University - In a recent study, Professor Shimpei Gotoh (Department of Clinical Application) and Junior Associate Professor Kazuo Takayama (Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation) teamed up to construct a novel in vitro culture system for...

By Aspen Neuroscience SAN DIEGO, April 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Aspen Neuroscience, Inc. announced that the first patient has been dosed in the ASPIRO trial, a Phase 1/2a open label clinical trial to assess safety and tolerability of ANPD001, an autologous,...

by Joseph Choi - The Hill - An increase in cancers among people 55 years old and younger may be related to accelerated aging in recent generations, according to a study presented at a conference earlier this month. Experts say years of research support this, though...

by Mayo Clinic - MedicalXpress - A Mayo Clinic study shows stem cells derived from patients' own fat are safe and may improve sensation and movement after traumatic spinal cord injuries. The findings from the Phase I clinical trial appear in Nature Communications. The...

by Elena Garrido, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche - MedXpress - The development of the cerebral cortex largely depends on the stem cells responsible for generating neurons, known as radial glial cells. Until now, it was believed that these stem cells generated...

by Jen Brogan - PharmaTimes - Researchers from King’s College London’s (KCL) Comprehensive Cancer Centre have identified a key mechanism that governs how bone marrow stem cells work, which could potentially lead to new therapeutic pathways. The findings from the study...

by Susan Buckles -  Mayo Clinic - Chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy) could provide a revolutionary approach to organ transplantation for patients who are hard to match and susceptible to rejection, Mayo Clinic researchers discovered. Their...