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Japan’s big bet on stem-cell therapies might soon pay off with medical breakthroughs
By Smriti Mallapaty – Nature – Induced pluripotent stem cells are being tested to treat blindness, paralysis, Parkinson’s disease and more. Approvals might be around the corner. Japan is brimming with signs of an approaching medical revolution. Shiny white robots are...

Cell therapy weekly: license granted for the manufacture and supply of synthetic DNA
by Kadeja Johnson - RegMedNet - 4basebio PLC has received a Good Manufacturing Practice certification from the UK Medicine and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (London), authorizing the company to supply GMP-grade synthetic DNA as both a starting material and drug...

The Global Synthetic Biology Conference: San Jose, California | May 5-8, 2025
This is where the world’s top innovators, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and investors come together to build a better world with synthetic biology. Join us in San Jose as we explore how synbio is transforming industries from healthcare, agriculture,...

Molecular Pathways in Bone Marrow Stem Cell Senescence
By Physician's Weekly - Researchers conducted a retrospective study to analyze miRNA-mRNA regulatory networks influencing bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell (BMSCs) senescence in age-related osteoporosis (ARO), aiming to determine molecular markers and therapeutic...

US researchers develop new bioreactor for enhanced stem cell growth
By Ada Shaikhnag - 3D Printing Industry News - Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) have developed a 3D printed perfusion bioreactor (3D-PBR) created to improve how human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) grow and differentiate. With...

Combination immunotherapy shrank a variety of metastatic gastrointestinal cancers
by National Cancer Institute (NCI) - NIH trial shows new form of TIL therapy effective against colon, rectum, pancreas, and bile duct tumors. A new form of tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy, a form of personalized cancer immunotherapy, dramatically improved...

USC Stem Cell mouse study identifies shared genes involved in hearing and vision regeneration
By Cristy Lytal - Keck School of Medicine of USC - The same genes could hold the key to regenerating cells in the ear and eye, according to a new mouse study from the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Ksenia Gnedeva, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...

Cell and Gene Therapy Sector Sees 30% Investment Surge Despite Market Challenges
by BioSpace Insights - Industry updates and investment insights—including investor behavior and fundraising advice—were among the topics experts explored at Charles River Laboratories’ 2025 Cell & Gene Therapy Summit. With the cell and gene therapies (CGTs) sector...

The Expert Who Kept Eye Drops From Blinding You Was Fired Yesterday
By Katherine Eban - Vanity Fair - If you’ve ever used eye drops that didn’t blind you, thank Dr. Timothy J. Pohlhaus. As of yesterday, he’s gone. And if you’ve ever been injected with a sterile drug that helped heal you instead of killing you, you have relied on the...

HHS layoffs hit Meals on Wheels and other services for seniors and disabled
By Joseph Shapiro - NPR Health News - The layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services slashed the staffs of major federal aging, disability and anti-poverty programs, leaving the future of those programs uncertain. At least 40% of staff got layoff notices...

Paralysed man stands again after receiving ‘reprogrammed’ stem cells
By Smriti Mallapaty - Nature - Another man also regained some movement, but two others experienced minimal improvement. A paralysed man can stand on his own after receiving an injection of neural stem cells to treat his spinal-cord injury. The Japanese man was one of...

A new kind of stem cell is revolutionizing regenerative medicine
By Marissa Locke Rottinghaus - ASBMB Today - Regenerative medicine is rewriting the future of health care, with stem cells leading the charge as researchers report that their experimental induced pluripotent stem cell, or iPSC, therapeutics could restore vision and...