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World-first stem-cell treatment restores vision in people

World-first stem-cell treatment restores vision in people

By Smriti Mallapaty - Nature - The treatment, given to four people with damaged corneas, seems safe but needs to be tested in larger trials. Three people with severely impaired vision who received stem-cell transplants have experienced substantial improvements in...

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New Stem Cell Data From Space

New Stem Cell Data From Space

Arun Sharma, PhD By Cedars Sinai News - Cedars-Sinai investigators are one step closer to manufacturing stem cells in space, which could speed up the development of new medical therapies on Earth. The first published data from the experiments conducted on a private...

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Gene Editing Insights Progress Delivery Inside Body

Gene Editing Insights Progress Delivery Inside Body

By Inside Precision Medicine - U.S. researchers have shone further light into the precise way that CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing actually works and circumvents unintended off-target effects, which could lead to more accurate cellular therapies. The preclinical research,...

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Reversing lung scarring with a shot of stem cells

Reversing lung scarring with a shot of stem cells

by Andrew Saintsing, PhD - Drug Discovery News - When the world ground to a halt in 2020, news outlets regularly featured stories about how COVID-19 wreaked havoc on patients’ lungs. In millions of cases, an initial cough developed into full-blown pneumonia, which...

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