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ISU stem-cell research could enable new treatment for those with blood diseases
By: Brooklyn Draisey - Iowa Capital Dispatch - Findings from a group of Iowa State University researchers could lead to the ability to create new blood stem cells from a patient’s own blood, possibly doing away with the need for bone marrow transplants. ISU assistant...
Wearable Ultrasounds: A Sonic Leap In Regenerative Medicine
By William A. Haseltine - Forbes - In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the collection of interventions that restore to normal function tissues and organs that have been damaged by disease, injured by trauma, or worn by time. I include a full spectrum of...
A New Type of Immunotherapy: MSK’s Christopher Klebanoff Is Fighting Cancer Cells From the Inside Out
By Matthew Tontonoz - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center When Christopher Klebanoff, MD, came to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) from the National Cancer Institute in 2016, he was focused on a singular goal: bringing the promise of cellular...
Scientists Use Organoid Model to Identify Potential New Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
by Weil Cornell Medicine - A drug screening system that models cancers using lab-grown tissues called organoids has helped uncover a promising target for future pancreatic cancer treatments, according to a new study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. In the...
Here’s What Happened in 2023: Biggest Innovation Quarter Stories
One of the 2023 highlights for #regenerativemedicinefoundation was our special project- World Stem Cell Summit in June at the fabulous #InnovationQuarter in #visitWinstonSalem- The 20th annual Summit was combined with the #WFIRM Regenerative Medicine Essentials Course...
How serious is FDA warning about revolutionary blood-cancer treatment?
By Alvin Powell - The Harvard Gazette - The Food and Drug Administration announced last week that it’s investigating reports of secondary cancers in patients who received CAR T-cell therapy, one of a suite of immunotherapies that have revolutionized cancer care over...
Cell therapy appears safe and effective for lymphoma in remission
(Click to Watch Video) - by University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine - Medical Xpress - A study led by researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine suggests that CAR-T immunotherapy remains a...
Robot Hand With Working Tendons Printed in One Go
By Edd Gent - IEEE Spectrum - Multimaterial 3D-printing approach produces functional devices in a single shot A skeletal robotic hand with working ligaments and tendons can now be 3D-printed in one run. The creepy accomplishment was made possible by a new approach to...
Scientists work to 3D bioprint a human heart in 5 years
By Lindsey Theis - Scripps News - A team of Stanford University engineers, cardiologists, and biology experts are at work to bioprint a fully functioning human heart to implant into a pig. Inside one of the labs that focuses on medical innovation at Stanford...
Brain scans can translate a person’s thoughts into words
By Rhiannon Williams - MIT Technology Review - A new system was able to capture exact words and phrases from the brain activity of someone listening to podcasts. A noninvasive brain-computer interface capable of converting a person’s thoughts into words could one day...
CAR-T is not harmful in lymphoma remission phenomenon
By Felix Myhill - RegMedNet - Whether or not to administer CAR-T cell therapy to cancer patients who go into remission during the therapy manufacturing window has long been a largely uninformed decision. The findings of a recent study reveal that administering CAR-T...
Healthspan for All! Healthspan Action Coalition Expands to 120 Organizations
San Francisco, CA and West Palm Beach, FL, December 13, 2023 – The nonprofit Healthspan Action Coalition (HSAC), in its first year of operations, has already assembled 120 organizations under the banner of “Healthspan.” This societal movement recognizes that with new...