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UC Davis Health to develop in-utero therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
By Nadine A Yehya - UC Davis Health California’s stem cell agency funds the potential gene editing DMD therapy SACRAMENTO, CA - UC Davis Professor Aijun Wang and his team are collaborating with Murthy laboratory at UC Berkeley to develop a much-needed cure for...
Reduced cardiovascular reserve capacity in long-term allogeneic stem cell transplant survivors
By Dillon, H.T., Foulkes, S., Horne-Okano, Y.A. - Nature - Scientific Reports Abstract Premature cardiovascular mortality is increased in long-term allogeneic stem cell transplant (allo-SCT) survivors, but little information exists regarding subclinical cardiovascular...
ALS Resource Examines Gene Expression in Patient Stem Cell Derived Motor Neurons
By Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News Results of a largescale collaborative project led by scientists at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, and the University of California, Irvine (UCI), were published in the journal Neuron this week “Large-scale...
Scientists at the National Eye Institute have 3D bioprinted eye tissues from stem cells
By Paul Hanaphy - 3d Printing Industry Researchers at the USA’s National Eye Institute (NEI) have developed a way of 3D bioprinting eye tissues using patient stem cells. Using their approach, in which three different types of immature choroidal cells are printed onto...
Organs on demand: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2023
Engineered organs could put an end to transplant waiting lists By Antonio Regalado - MIT Technology Review WHO eGenesis, Makana Therapeutics, United Therapeutics WHEN 10 to 15 years For two months last year, a 57-year-old man named David Bennett lived with a pig heart...
New nanocapsules deliver therapy brain-wide, edit Alzheimer’s gene in mice
By Laura Red Eagle - University of Wisconsin News Gene therapies have the potential to treat neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, but they face a common barrier — the blood-brain barrier. Now, researchers at the University of...
Enhancing Our Brain’s Ability To Fight Disease With CRISPR-Edited Immune Cells
by University of California Irvine - Technology Networks Combating Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases by inserting healthy new immune cells into the brain has taken a leap toward reality. Neuroscientists at the University of California, Irvine and the...
New killer CRISPR system is unlike any scientists have seen
By Kristin Houser - Freethink It could lead to new cancer treatments, better diagnostics tests, and more. his article is an installment of Future Explored, a weekly guide to world-changing technology. You can get stories like this one straight to your inbox every...
Regenerative Medicine Essentials Course and World Stem Cell Summit go LIVE in 2023 at combined event in Winston-Salem, NC, June 5-9, 2023
WINSTON-SALEM, NC, February, 2023 -- The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) and the Regenerative Medicine Foundation (RMF) have announced that the 20th edition of the World Stem Cell Summit will be held in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in...
Unique MIT suit helps people better understand the aging experience
By Adam Felts | MIT News Students, researchers, and actors don AGNES for a taste of the friction, frustration, and fatigue that older adults often experience. Visitors to MIT’s AgeLab in the Center for Transportation and Logistics are greeted silently by a shiny...
Nanofiber-Hydrogel Loaded with Stem Cells Shows Success Treating Severe Complication of Crohn’s Disease
by Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins researchers develop injectable hydrogel composite that promotes regenerative healing in an animal model of Crohn’s perianal fistulas In a new study using a rat model of Crohn’s disease, a biodegradable hydrogel composite...
California agency invests $4 million in stem cell treatment for Parkinson’s Disease
By Esteban Cortez - The Stem Cellar The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) is investing $4 million in a late-stage preclinical project by Ryne Bio aiming to improve treatment for Idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (PD). PD is characterized by a loss of...