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Beyond CRISPR babies: how human genome editing is moving on after scandal
By Heidi Ledford - Nature Researchers will discuss advances in genome-editing technologies — and the ethics of deploying them — at a major international summit. When researchers gather in London next week for the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing,...
How Stem Cells Are Reshaping Modern Medicine, From Sprained Ankles to Alzheimer’s
By Mike Sarraille and Jason Boulay - Men's Journal Whether you're a professional athlete or just trying to stay in shape, you know the impact that even a minor injury can have on an active lifestyle. You've likely heard of stem cell therapy; it's been making headlines...
Stanford Medicine scientists transform cancer cells into weapons against cancer
Researchers found that when they turned cancer cells into immune cells, they were able to teach other immune cells how to attack cancer. By Christopher Vaughan - Stanford Medicine News Center Some cities fight gangs with ex-members who educate kids and starve gangs of...
Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing Costs Limiting Access
By Gareth John Macdonald - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News High production costs are limiting patient access to cell and gene therapies, according to researchers who say optimizing manufacturing methods and increasing capacity industry-wide would help. Cell...
How to generate new neurons in the brain
by University of Geneva Some areas of the adult brain contain quiescent, or dormant, neural stem cells that can potentially be reactivated to form new neurons. However, the transition from quiescence to proliferation is still poorly understood. A team led by...
First Parkinson’s patient administered a stem cell-based transplant in clinical trial
By reNEW - Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine A patient suffering from moderate Parkinson’s disease (PD) was first out on Feb 13, 2023, to receive a transplant with the human stem cell-derived nerve cell product STEM-PD at Skåne University Hospital...
Splicing Deregulation Detected and Targeted in Type of Childhood Leukemia
By Scott LaFee - UC San Diego Today In some children, pediatric acute myeloid leukemia can become resistant to treatment; UC San Diego researchers think they now know why. Pediatric acute myeloid leukemia or pAML is a childhood blood cancer, one that has proved...
Comprehensive plan for phasing out the use of animals in experimentation
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. - News Medical Life Sciences PETA scientists have just released a new edition of the groundbreaking Research Modernization Deal (RMD), the world's first comprehensive plan for phasing out the use of animals in experimentation. The...
This Injectable Biomaterial Heals Tissues From the Inside Out
By Ioana Patringenaru - UC San Diego Today A new biomaterial that can be injected intravenously, reduces inflammation in tissue and promotes cell and tissue repair. The biomaterial was tested and proven effective in treating tissue damage caused by heart attacks in...
Hong Kong pulls visa for ‘CRISPR babies’ scientist He Jiankui
By Kanis Leung and Emily Wang Fujiyama - Stat News BEIJING — Hong Kong on Tuesday revoked a visa it granted to a Chinese scientist who set off an ethical debate five years ago with claims that he made the world’s first genetically edited babies, pulling it hours...
Engineering skin grafts for complex body parts
By Sharon Reynolds - NIH website Skin grafts are a vital treatment for burns and other extensive skin injuries. Since the 1980s, advances in bioengineering have allowed researchers to grow new patches of skin in the lab. Such engineered grafts are less traumatic for...
An Inflammatory View of Early Alzheimer’s Disease
by Lawrence Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D. - NIH Director's Blog Detecting the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in middle-aged people and tracking its progression over time in research studies continue to be challenging. But it is easier to do in shorter-lived...