By University of British Columbia - For the first time, researchers at UBC have demonstrated how to reliably produce an important type of human immune cell — known as helper T cells — from stem cells in a controlled laboratory setting. The findings, published today in...

By Mental Health - Every year, millions of lives are suddenly, swiftly transformed by a stroke, which occurs when a blood vessel travelling towards the brain becomes obstructed, causing neurons to die off. Strokes are among the leading causes of disability in adults,...

by Gaby Clark - MedicalXpress - A new study by Canadian and U.S. researchers is shedding light on how the social media platform TikTok can be used to recruit young stem cell donors. For the study, researchers shared an array of TikTok videos, all of which encouraged...

By Fidji Simo - Healthcare isn’t working for patients or doctors, but AI tools can help. At this time last year, I was hospitalized for a kidney stone and developed an infection. The resident in charge took a quick look at my chart and prescribed the usual antibiotic...

By American Parkinson's Association - Two new therapies are entering the final stages of clinical trials before potential FDA approval. One is a novel dopamine-based therapy for motor symptom management, and the other is a stem cell therapy poised to replace the lost...

By Esra Öz - NewScientist - Immune cells are most commonly engineered to kill cancers, but now, scientists have shown the technique makes the gut lining of older mice resemble that of younger mice, raising hopes that the same approach could work in people As we age,...

By Chinese Academy of Sciences - SciTechDaily - A new method for engineering natural killer cells could make cancer immunotherapy more efficient, scalable, and affordable, potentially reshaping how these treatments are produced. Chinese scientists have reported a new...

By Julie Grisham - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - When it comes to giving immunotherapy to people with the most common form of lymphoma, the time of day may make a difference, according to new research from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)....

by Charles Bankhead - MedPageToday - Long-term survival in the CARTITUDE-1 trial showed that almost half of patients remained, alive with a median overall survival (OS) of 60.7 months. Almost three-fourths of the survivors remained progression free, and more than a...

by University of New South Wales - Science Daily - A new CRISPR breakthrough shows scientists can turn genes back on without cutting DNA, by removing chemical tags that act like molecular anchors. The work confirms these tags actively silence genes, settling a...

By Bruce Goldman - Stanford Medicine - Stanford Medicine investigators have unearthed the biological process by which mRNA-based vaccines for COVID-19 can cause heart damage in some young men and adolescents — and they’ve shown a possible route to reducing its...

By William A. Haseltine, - Forbes - Treating brain diseases is extraordinarily challenging, because drugs often work poorly and implants require risky surgery that can jeopardize critical brain functions. A group at MIT has sought a different approach, using the...