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Japan approves new stem cell-based Alzheimer’s therapy

Japan approves new stem cell-based Alzheimer’s therapy

By Phoebe Shields - Proactive - In what could be a major breakthrough for Alzheimer's treatment, the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare has given the greenlight to a regenerative medicine technology based on administering fat-derived stem cells intravenously and...

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New Mayo Clinic stem cell research to take flight into space

New Mayo Clinic stem cell research to take flight into space

By Lynda De Widt - Mayo Clinic - A Mayo Clinic research experiment will be part of a payload that launches into space from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Jan. 29, subject to weather conditions and other factors. The research team from the...

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World’s first IVF rhino pregnancy ‘could save species’

World’s first IVF rhino pregnancy ‘could save species’

By Rebecca Morelle and Alison Francis - BBC News Science - A fertility breakthrough has offered hope for saving the northern white rhino from extinction - there are only two of the animals left on the planet. Scientists have achieved the world's first IVF rhino...

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How Stem Cell Embryo Models Won Method of the Year

How Stem Cell Embryo Models Won Method of the Year

By Technology Networks -  A collection of ingenious biological tools for studying the genesis of life has been awarded Nature Methods’ coveted Method of the Year award for 2023. A collection of ingenious biological tools for studying the genesis of life has been...

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Could natural killer cells transform Alzheimer’s treatment?

Could natural killer cells transform Alzheimer’s treatment?

By Labiotech - This week on the podcast, we have a conversation with Dr Paul Song, CEO of NKGen Biotech, a company with its sights set on changing the Alzheimer’s disease treatment landscape with natural killer cells. The company’s natural killer (NK) cell Alzheimer’s...

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