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Regenerative Medicine: A New Path for ALS Treatment
by Cassie Tomlin - Cedars Sinai A first-of-its-kind stem cell therapy for ALS passes a critical safety benchmark, advancing the search to slow down, reverse and prevent the disease. In a parallel study, investigators are growing patient-derived stem cells to model...
Early Bird Registration Extended to May 8!
Combined WSCS & RME Course in Winston-Salem, NC June 5-9 WSCS will be a LIVE IN-PERSON MEETING combined with the WFIRM/RMF Regenerative Medicine Essentials Course in Winston-Salem, NC. The annual World Stem Cell Summit is the LEGACY, interdisciplinary,...
Regenerative medicine has come a long way, baby
By Eve Herold - Leaps.org After a cloned baby sheep, what started as one of the most controversial areas in medicine is now promising to transform it. The field of regenerative medicine had a shaky start. In 2002, when news spread about the first cloned animal, Dolly...
FDA approves allogeneic stem cell transplant therapy
By Catherine Eckford - European Pharmaceutical Review The first allogeneic stem cell transplant therapy to be approved based on Phase III study results has been granted by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation...
Rudy the Rhino Makes Plea to the World
Winston-Salem, North Carolina - Move over Smokey the Bear and meet Rudy the Rhino! Up to one million plant and animal species face extinction, many within decades, because of human activities. One of these is the Northern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum...
How artificial intelligence is matching drugs to patients
By Natalie Lisbona - BBC News Dr Talia Cohen Solal sits down at a microscope to look closely at human brain cells grown in a petri dish. "The brain is very subtle, complex and beautiful," she says. A neuroscientist, Dr Cohen Solal is the co-founder and chief executive...
Developing cell therapies with a stem cell robot
by Jasmine Hagan - RegMedNet The UK is set to be the second country to trial a pioneering stem cell robot to improve the manufacture of safe and cost-effective cell-based therapeutics. Manufacturing challenges have limited the availability of stem cell-based...
A new peptide may hold potential as an Alzheimer’s treatment
The peptide blocks a hyperactive brain enzyme that contributes to the neurodegeneration seen in Alzheimer’s and other diseases. By Anne Trafton - MIT News MIT neuroscientists have found a way to reverse neurodegeneration and other symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease by...
Scientists Are About to Try to Create Stem Cells in Space
Cedars-Sinai researchers are working with Axiom Space to test if stem cells can be easily produced and grown aboard the International Space Station. By Ed Cara - Gizmodo Stem cell research is expanding beyond earthly confines. Scientists from Cedars-Sinai in...
Regenerative Medicine Companies Explore Diverse Approaches
by Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News If you want to know if a medical field is progressing, you can start by checking a couple of obvious indicators: the number of clinical trials, and the growth projections offered by market researchers. Both of these...
BrainStorm files ALS drug application over FDA protest
The medicine, a personalized stem cell treatment, will be reviewed by an FDA advisory committee sometime in the future, the company said. by Ned Pagliarulo - Biopharma Dive A yearslong disagreement between the Food and Drug Administration and a developer of an...
One AI Tool Bests Another in Enzyme Prediction Match
By Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News In this corner: the state-of-the-art enzyme function prediction tool … the Bioinformatic Brawler … the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool for proteins … BLASTp! And in this corner: the contender … the In Silico Kid …...