By Linda Wang - UCLA Health A research team led by Dr. Thomas Rando, director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA, has discovered that restoring glutathione—a key antioxidant that prevents cell damage—rejuvenates...

By Tim Hornyak - Nature Successes in life sciences and international collaboration could be key to boosting the country’s high-quality output. After five years studying genome editing at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, Keiji Nishida returned to Japan...

by Neil Martin - UNSW Sydney Newsroom UNSW researchers unveil prototype device that can directly 3D print living cells onto internal organs and potentially be used as an all-in-one endoscopic surgical tool. Engineers from UNSW Sydney have developed a miniature and...

By Heidi Ledford - Nature Researchers will discuss advances in genome-editing technologies — and the ethics of deploying them — at a major international summit. When researchers gather in London next week for the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing,...

By Mike Sarraille and Jason Boulay - Men's Journal Whether you're a professional athlete or just trying to stay in shape, you know the impact that even a minor injury can have on an active lifestyle. You've likely heard of stem cell therapy; it's been making headlines...

Researchers found that when they turned cancer cells into immune cells, they were able to teach other immune cells how to attack cancer. By Christopher Vaughan - Stanford Medicine News Center Some cities fight gangs with ex-members who educate kids and starve gangs of...

By Gareth John Macdonald - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News High production costs are limiting patient access to cell and gene therapies, according to researchers who say optimizing manufacturing methods and increasing capacity industry-wide would help. Cell...

by University of Geneva Some areas of the adult brain contain quiescent, or dormant, neural stem cells that can potentially be reactivated to form new neurons. However, the transition from quiescence to proliferation is still poorly understood. A team led by...

By reNEW - Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine A patient suffering from moderate Parkinson’s disease (PD) was first out on Feb 13, 2023, to receive a transplant with the human stem cell-derived nerve cell product STEM-PD at Skåne University Hospital...

By Scott LaFee - UC San Diego Today In some children, pediatric acute myeloid leukemia can become resistant to treatment; UC San Diego researchers think they now know why. Pediatric acute myeloid leukemia or pAML is a childhood blood cancer, one that has proved...

Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. - News Medical Life Sciences PETA scientists have just released a new edition of the groundbreaking Research Modernization Deal (RMD), the world's first comprehensive plan for phasing out the use of animals in experimentation. The...

By Ioana Patringenaru - UC San Diego Today A new biomaterial that can be injected intravenously, reduces inflammation in tissue and  promotes cell and tissue repair. The biomaterial was tested and proven effective in treating tissue damage caused by heart attacks in...