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MIT researchers develop test that measures COVID-19 immunity
"Our test’s accuracy was roughly about as accurate as you would see for a normal blood test." By Madeleine Aitken Researchers at MIT have developed a test that measures immune protection against COVID-19 by measuring the level of neutralizing antibodies in a blood...
First U.S. patient receives autologous stem cell therapy to treat dry AMD
Breaking News in #maculardegeneration! First time in USA! Commencement of a Phase 1/2a clinical safety trial using #IPSC stem cells to treat for advanced dry age-related macular degeneration. NIH and #JohnHopkins surgical team implanted a patch of tissue made from...
Bringing regenerative technology of the future to patients today
By Susan Buckles - Mayo Clinic "The sky's the limit," "possibility" and "potential cure for disease" are aspirational ways Mayo Clinic physicians and scientists described regenerative medicine in a recent virtual presentation at the World Stem Cell Summit 2022. Mayo's...
CRISPR Gene Editing Critical to Delivering Off-the-Shelf Cell Therapy
By Vivienne Raper, PhD - Genengnews.com The future of cell therapies should be in off-the-shelf products using multiplex gene editing during the manufacturing process. That’s according to Rachel Haurwitz, PhD, CEO of Caribou Biosciences. Haurwitz, whose colleague...
New inhaled COVID-19 therapeutic blocks viral replication in the lungs
By Kara Manke - Berkley News UC Berkeley postdoctoral scholar Chi Zhu is part of a team of researchers who are developing a new COVID-19 therapeutic that can be administered as a nasal spray. The experimental treatment is effective against all SARS-CoV-2 “variants of...
A New Approach to T-Cell Therapy
By Katie Brighton - Technology Networks T-cell therapy is a growing field, with applications moving beyond treating blood cancers to treating solid tumors too. Progress is also being made towards using T-cell therapy to treat infectious diseases such as human...
Time’s Arrow – Brief exposure to rapamycin has the same anti-ageing effects as lifelong treatment
Just published! Some are hailing this promising discovery the next Fountain of Youth, but let's not get carried away. Brief exposure to drug #rapamycin has the same anti-aging effects as lifelong treatment. The #MaxPlanckInstitute made headlines in the #longevity and...
Pioneering stem-cell trials in Japan report promising early results
Has public enthusiasm for #IPSCs waned in Japan? The subject article addresses the topic by focusing on three ongoing studies. Transplanting reprogrammed heart muscle stem cells into a patient. Transplanting IPSC derived #cornea cells- with some vision improvement...
Mystery cells that create blood stem cells in mammals identified
by University of New South Wales - Phys.org Imagine if one day blood transfusions from strangers were not needed because they could be produced from cells that line your own blood vessels' cells. While that day is still some years off, medical researchers at UNSW...
Regenerative medicine is now ready to drive longevity forward
Regenerative Medicine Foundation director highlights the need for patient advocacy in longevity and calls for treatments to be made available to all – not just the few. Author: Danny Sullivan - Link to Article Regenerative medicine is one of the most promising areas...
New web portal gives scientists access to dozens of neurodegenerative disease stem cells
Image Caption: Courtesy of the Conklin lab, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA With just a few clicks of a mouse and taps on a keyboard, researchers around the world can now order stem cells that National Institutes of Health (NIH) Center for Alzheimer’s and...
Defying death: Japan and Singapore lead Asia’s stem cell research race
A continental race within a global race? Here's the byline- "In the world's fastest-aging societies, regenerative therapies attract the rich and curious." There's way too much info to unpack from from this lengthy article from #NikkeiAsia. Bottom line is that...