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Making Genetically Engineered Stem Cells Viable
Growing and selection are crucial. by Josh Conway - Lifespan.io CRISPR is still imperfect While the accuracy of genetic modification through the well-known CRISPR/Cas9 system continues to improve, the technology remains imperfect. Small mistakes were initially...
Stem Cell Medical Tourism Leads to Meningitis in MS Patient
— Difficult infection took weeks to identify; doctors warn about unproven treatments by Sophie Putka - MedPage Today A woman with multiple sclerosis (MS) who had intrathecal injections of umbilical cord stem cells in Mexico ended up with a severe Mycobacterium...
CAR T Cells Derived From Stem Cells Open Door To Universal Donor Cell Lines
by William A. Haseltine - Forbes Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC), a continuing muse in cell therapy research, could potentially be used to improve flaws associated with conventional CAR T therapy. What if an effective cancer treatment became cheaper and easier...
$3M grant allows milestone in regenerative medicine using blood vessels
By Izzy Wood - Drug Target Review US researchers combine revascularisation techniques to allow new blood vessels to rapidly form in an architecturally organised manner. The ability to regenerate and pattern blood vessels remains an elusive milestone in regenerative...
Stem Cell Model Points to Alzheimer’s Disease Embryonic Origins
By Genetic and Engineering News Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. However, the exact cause of AD remains unknown. Existing approved treatments for AD are designed to target the already existing AD neuropathology,...
A Fast, Effective Way to Detect Cancer Stem Cells
By McMaster University McMaster researchers have uncovered a fast and effective way to detect cancer stem cells before the disease recurs in adults who previously underwent treatment. Mick Bhatia, a professor in the department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences,...
Cancer breakthrough uses CRISPR to target extra chromosomes
By Michael Irving - New Atlas Yale scientists have discovered a new potential treatment avenue to fight cancer. Using CRISPR gene-editing, the team eliminated extra chromosomes from cancer cells and found that they could no longer grow out of control. Healthy human...
17-Year-Old Who Beat Life-Threatening Disease Now Hopes to Become Doctor
By Anna Lazarus Caplan - People It was just after his eighth birthday when Hanif Mouehla found himself fighting for his life after being diagnosed with sickle cell disease. Inspired by the care he received, the 17-year-old is now eyeing the pre-med track at Harvard...
FDA approves world’s first cellular therapy for type-1 diabetes
by Mrigakshi Dixit - Interesting Engineering Named Lantidra, it's a cellular therapy developed using deceased donor pancreatic cells for the treatment of type 1 diabetes in adults. Therapy suitable for patients with hypoglycemia Type 1 diabetes makes the pancreas...
The new strategy may enable engineered T cells to eradicate solid tumors such as glioblastoma
By Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Engineering T cells to destroy cancer cells has shown success in treating some types of cancer, such as leukemia and lymphoma. However, it hasn’t worked as well for solid tumors. One reason for this lack of success is that the T cells...
Ax-2 Crew Conducted Studies During Mission to Understand Human Physiology in Microgravity
By Ax-2 Mission Ax-2 Mission Specialist Ali Alqarni uses the Smarting Pro EEG device aboard the ISS to conduct brain studies. During Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2), the Ax-2 astronauts measured changes in their eyes, blood pressure, blood oxygen, and heart rate levels, as...
Read the June issue of Stem Cells Translational Medicine, now online
By Stem Cells Translational Medicine READ THE JUNE ISSUE Human Clinical Article Cell-Based Drug Development, Screening, and Toxicology Enabling Technologies for Cell-Based Clinical Translations Manufacturing for Regenerative Medicine and more.... Click Here to Read...