By Josh Nathan-Kazis - Barron's - Biotech investors seemed to be taking the sudden departure of a top Food and Drug Administration official last month as a good sign for the sector, but increasing turmoil at the FDA could worsen the picture for drugmakers over the...

By Jonathan Wosen - Stat - But optimism pokes through, as VC returns and local biotech stocks have fared well Ever since Vince Kato was laid off, he has felt like he was just two to three months away from landing a new position. But more than a year later, he’s...

by Case Western Reserve University - The Daily - CLEVELAND—Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is an incurable neurological disorder affecting motor neurons—nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement...

By Abby Woodruff - Veterans Affairs - Earlier this year, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) performed the first-ever bloodless autologous stem cell transplant in the VA system. Keith Cody, a Marine Corps Veteran, walked out of TVHS in remission and caught a...

by Denise Heady, University of California, Los Angeles - MedicalXpress - In a first-of-its-kind clinical trial, UCLA scientists have shown it's possible to reprogram a patient's blood-forming stem cells to generate a continuous supply of functional T cells, the immune...

by By Kathy Liszewski - Genetic Engineering & Biology News - Novel allogeneic stem cells and differentiated iPSCs are providing more physiologically relevant disease models From axolotls to zebrafish, stem cells possess remarkable regenerative abilities, enabling them...

By Bobby Mukkamala, MD - AMA - For more than a century, NIH-sponsored research has played a critical role in improving the nation’s health. This vital work must continue. It’s not hyperbole to say my sudden brain cancer diagnosis last fall could have put a swift end...

by Brittany Cordeiro - Mayo Clinic - ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic has treated the first person in the U.S. using a novel radioactive medicine for advanced breast cancer as part of an international multisite clinical trial. The medicine used in this clinical trial...

By Genectic Engineering & Biotechnology - Phase I clinical trial results suggest that an antibody treatment, used in combination with other drugs, enabled stem cell transplants for three children with Fanconi anemia without toxic busulfan chemotherapy or radiation....

By Nature Communications Biology - Adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (ADMSCs) represent a novel therapeutic intervention for Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). The attractiveness of ADMSCs is characterized by their immunomodulatory activities, regenerative...

By Christy Santhosh - Reuters News - Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT.O), failed to win the European drug regulator's backing for its muscle disorder gene therapy on Friday, as the company faces intense regulatory scrutiny after two recent patient deaths tied to the...

By Linda Carroll NBC News - Brain aging may have sped up during the pandemic, even in people who didn’t get sick from Covid, a new study suggests. Using brain scans from a very large database, British researchers determined that during the pandemic years of 2021 and...