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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...
BlueRock’s neuronal stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease is first to show positive results in Phase I clinical study
By BlueRock Therapeutics Berlin, Germany and Cambridge, M.A., U.S.A., June 28, 2023 – Bayer AG and BlueRock Therapeutics LP, a clinical stage cell therapy company and wholly owned independently operated subsidiary of Bayer AG, today announced positive top-line results...
Test animals, hold your breath
By Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan -- Animal experimentation may not be a thing of the past just yet, but work on human iPS cell technology may someday grant emancipation for lab mice and other species. Renal proximal tubules play a major role in our kidneys' ability to...
First-of-its-kind noninvasive CRISPR method knocks out anxiety gene
By Paul McClure - New Atlas Researchers have developed a noninvasive method of delivering CRISPR gene editing technology to the brains of mice, knocking out a gene that causes anxiety Anxiety affects many people, and for some, medication doesn’t help. Researchers have...
ALS Breakthrough – Parkinson’s Drug Safely Slows Disease Progression by Over 6 Months
Photo of iPSCs-derived Motor neurons derived from an ALS patient. Credit: Morimoto et al/Cell Stem Cell By Cell Press - SciTechDaily Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease is a lethal neurological disorder that progressively results in...
How a Scientific Fraud Reinvented Himself
By David Cyranoski - New York Times Science is known for rigorous self-policing by the research community, yet it can seem that scientific fraud is rampant. Why do frauds think they can get away with it? The story of Hwang Woo-suk, a South Korean scientist who gained...
Life or death choices ahead for California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
By David Jensen - Capitol Weekly Directors of the $12 billion California stem cell agency will face a fundamental question next week that could determine whether its efforts to produce revolutionary treatments for afflictions ranging from heart disease to cancer will...
The secret to longevity lies in stem cell research
By Silicon Republic PhD researcher Áine Varley from the University of Galway explains her stem cell research which aims to unlock the secret to immortality in jellyfish-like sea creatures. “As a young child, I was a massive fan of the Horrible Science books written by...
New universal donor stem cell therapy to treat degenerative brain diseases
By Sejal Sharma - Interesting Engineering The researchers believe that this therapy could one day be applied to children with fatal brain conditions. Demyelinating diseases, one of the most debilitating diseases in neurology, are caused by damage to the protective...
Real-world evidence study of regenerative medicine and shoulder surgery
By Susan Buckles - Mayo Clinic Applying regenerative medicine to a common shoulder surgery could have an impact on the need for follow-up revision surgery in some patients, according to a Mayo Clinic study of real-world evidence. Mayo Clinic researchers analyzed the...