by Tel-Aviv University - MedXpress - A new international study led by Prof. Carmit Levy of the Department of Human Genetics and Biochemistry at the Gray Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences at Tel Aviv University finds that melanoma cancer cells paralyze immune...

By Genetic Engineering adn Biotechnology News - Cancer immunotherapy transforms a patient’s immune cells into a “search‑and‑destroy” force against tumors. But many cancers learn to camouflage themselves from dendritic cells—the immune system’s scouts—making them...

By Matt Hoffman - CGTlive - As 2025 comes to a close, CGTLive has looked back on some of the most-read and most impactful FDA regulatory decisions and news in the cell and gene therapy space. These approvals and regulatory actions marked major progress for patients...

By Frank Vinluan - MedCity News - A rare but severe stem cell transplant complication that often becomes fatal now has its first FDA-approved treatment, a therapy developed by biotechnology company Omeros. Omeros’s complement system drug Yartemlea is now FDA approved...

by Science Daily - Researchers have revealed that so-called “junk DNA” contains powerful switches that help control brain cells linked to Alzheimer’s disease. By experimentally testing nearly 1,000 DNA switches in human astrocytes, scientists identified around 150...

By Drug Target Review - Kobe University researchers have developed a new way of freeze induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) directly in their culture dishes without losing viability or pluripotency. Researchers at Kobe University have developed a novel method...

By Anne Trafton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - ScitTechDaily - As the immune system weakens with age, researchers have found a way to temporarily boost its function by reprogramming liver cells to support T-cell development. As people get older, the immune...

by ScienceBlog - Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have engineered a solution using tiny microgels packed with antioxidant crystals. Published in Advanced Functional Materials, their work demonstrates how a single dose of these protective...

By Danny Sullivan - Longevity.Technology - Healthspan as a universal right, the need for new regulation, the age of mitochondrial therapies and 7 shifts to accelerate longevity. As we reflect on some of the interviews we’ve conducted over the past 12 months, it’s...

By Mayo Clinic - A Mayo Clinic study published in the September 2025 issue of Science Advances explores a novel approach to retinal gene therapy using fibrin hydrogels encapsulating adeno-associated virus 2-green fluorescent protein (AAV2-GFP). The findings suggest a...

By UCI Health News - CIRM award will support first-of-its-kind clinical trial in humans This award will support a first-in-human safety and tolerability study of an embryonic stem cell-derived neural stem cell product for Huntington’s disease, a milestone for patients...

by James Lim, PhD - The Scientist - Let’s face it: Nobody pursues a career in science for the joy of culturing cells. But this thankless and time-intensive task is the backbone of biological research. When it’s done extremely well, the results generated from...