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Engineered dental coating exceeds hardness of natural tooth enamel
By Nick Lavars - News Atlas As the hardest tissue in the human body, enamel is not an easy material for engineers to mimic, but doing so could mean big things in materials science and regenerative medicine. Researchers are now reporting a breakthrough in this area, by...
‘Are we dreaming big enough’? CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna
Jennifer Doudna challenges governments, universities and investors to seize the moment and radically expand gene editing revolution In a life-changing collaboration with the French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier, we figured out how the chemistry of this process...
Australian research brings scientists closer to making blood stem cells in the lab
Australian blood stem cell research could help change the future of stem cell medicine. by Imma Perfetto - Cosmos Magazine Two new pieces of research out of the University of NSW in Sydney have shone new light on how the precursors to blood stem cells occur in animals...
What can squid brains teach us about nervous system evolution?
Hanae Armitage - Stanford Medicine If you ask me, there's nothing quite so weird and wonderful as a cuttlefish. Or a squid. Or an octopus. Basically, the whole cephalopod gang. Maybe it's their gangly, elegant appendages, or their sleek, streamlined bodies gliding...
CAR T-Cell Therapy Helps Lupus Patients Enter Remission In Small Study
The therapy, typically used to treat blood cancer, has so far induced remission in six patients in Germany. By Kaitlin Sullivan - Health.com An immunotherapy used to treat blood cancer also shows promise as a treatment for lupus, new research shows. The news comes...
Japanese regulations on regenerative medicine are failing patients
by Kyoto University - Medical Express Image Caption: The Act on the Safety of Regenerative Medicine (ASRM) targets to regulate medical practices that aim to achieve the “reconstruction, repair, or formation of human body structures or functions” or the “therapy or...
Pregnancy in space: studying stem cells in zero gravity may determine whether it’s safe
By Joanna Bridger and Emmanouil Karteris – The Conversation Space is a hostile, extreme environment. It’s only a matter of time before ordinary people are exposed to this environment, either by engaging in space tourism or by joining self-sustaining colonies far away...
Human brain cells transplanted into baby rats’ brains grow and form connections
BREAKING NEWS! This just in, promising research for understanding human #neuropsychiatric disorders, as reported in the MIT Technology Review: "Human #neurons transplanted into a rat’s brain continue to grow, forming connections with the animals’ own brain cells and...
The blood stem cell research that could change medicine of the future
by University of New South Wales - Phys.org image: The microfluidic device that emulated an embryo's heartbeat and blood circulation. The cell seeding channels are indicated by red food dye, while the heart ventricular contraction control channels and circulation...
Increasing angiogenic efficacy of conditioned medium using light stimulation of human adipose-derived stem cells
by Yu-Jin Kim, Sang Ho Lee, Jisoo Im, Jihun Song, Han Young Kim & Suk Ho Bhang - Communications Biology Abstract Conditioned medium (CM) contains various therapeutic molecules produced by cells. However, the low concentration of therapeutic molecules in CM is a major...
White House unveils $2 billion biotech spending plan ahead of industry summit
By Jarrett Renshaw - Reuters The White House released new details on Wednesday on how it plans to invest more than $2 billion in the U.S. biotechnology sector as it hosts a meeting of government leaders to discuss the emerging industry. President Joe Biden on Monday...
CIRM awards UCI $2.7 million to create regenerative medicine training program
Brian Cummings, UCI professor of physical medicine & rehabilitation and founding member of the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, has received a five-year, $2.7 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to establish a training...