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Lung Stem Cells Support Bone Marrow With Blood Production
By Technology Networks - New research has found hematopoietic stem cells in human lung tissue that make red blood cells. Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each...
Using artificial intelligence to enhance regenerative medicine
By Pharmaceutical Technology - AI can enhance the drug discovery process of regenerative medicine by tackling the primary challenges associated with the process. As the field of regenerative medicine continues to advance, the incorporation of AI is playing a...
Novel Stem Cell Therapy Repairs Irreversible Corneal Damage in Clinical Trial
By Mass General Brigham - An expanded clinical trial that tested a groundbreaking, experimental stem cell treatment for blinding cornea injuries found the treatment was feasible and safe in 14 patients who were treated and followed for 18 months, and there was a high...
Neuroscientist awarded $4.6 million for promising pan-cancer immunotherapy
By UCI Health News - The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has awarded a UC Irvine neuroscientist $4.6 million to advance studies of a novel immunotherapy that holds the potential to revolutionize cancer treatment by targeting all major cancer...
Discovery Reveals Potential Key to Reversing Hair Loss
By UVA Health - A surprising discovery from the School of Medicine is transforming our understanding of hair growth and could set the stage for new approaches to cure hair loss. Researchers led by UVA’s Lu Q. Le, MD, PhD, have discovered that a previously...
How to scale induced pluripotent stem cell differentiation into natural killer cells
By News Medical Life Sciences - The immune system’s natural killer (NK) cells are large granular cells that constitute the third major lymphocyte subset, representing around 10-15% of circulating lymphocytes in the blood. Natural killer cells are a vital part of the...
New therapy shows promise in strengthening CAR-T responses
By Drug Target Review - CAR-T therapy has shown effectiveness in cancer treatment, but relapse often occurs due to limited cell persistence. New strategies aim to improve CAR T-cell durability for longer lasting remission. immunotherapy has emerged as one of the most...
How Biotech Can Succeed Outside the Hubs
BY JAKE REDER, CEO OF CELDARA MEDICAL - INC - Though most biopharma investment is in two states, follow this model to bring the research—and investments—elsewhere. The majority of Americans do not live in a biotech hub. Yet 62 percent of all U.S. biopharma venture...
Robin Roberts Praises ‘Superhero’ Stem Cell Donors on 12-Year Anniversary of GMA Return
By Cara Lynn Shultz - People - Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared in Billboard and Reader's Digest. People Editorial Guidelines It’s been 12 years since Robin Roberts returned to the Good Morning America anchor desk...
Cellular ‘scaffold’ enables myoblast implants on healthy muscle to advance regenerative medicine
by Tokyo Metropolitan University - MedicalXpress - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a way to treat age-related muscular atrophy using regenerative medicine. Conventional methods to implant myoblasts, precursors to muscle fiber, require...
Daily briefing: CAR-T-cell therapy recipient nears two decades in cancer remission
By Jacob Smith - Nature - CAR T remission breaks record - A woman who received CAR-T-cell therapy to treat a nerve-cell cancer when she was 4 years old is still cancer-free 19 years later, the longest reported cancer remission following the treatment. She received the...
Bone Marrow Banking Boosts Life-Saving Cell Therapy Development
by The Scientist - Stem cells form the backbone of many cell-based therapies due to their unique properties, including the ability to self-renew and differentiate to many cell types. Multiple cell therapies deliver exogenous bone marrow stem cells into patients, which...