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Chinese scientists find axolotl’s ability to regenerate after injury may hold key to human brain health
Image caption: Chinese scientists whose study of the axolotl’s ability to regenerate cells after injury was published in Science journal say their findings have the potential to help improve the regenerative capability of mammalian and human brains in the future....

Cancer death rates continue to fall, driven by new treatments and improved screening
There are more cancer survivors in the U.S. than ever before, thanks to advances in cancer research. By Kaitlin Sullivan - NBC News Significant strides in cancer treatments, diagnostic tools and prevention strategies continue to drive down cancer death rates,...

There’s New Proof Crispr Can Edit Genes Inside Human Bodies
The technique had largely been limited to editing patients’ cells in the lab. New research shows promise for treating diseases more directly. By Emily Mullin - Wired A decade ago, biologists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier published a landmark paper...

Newly discovered protein connected to Alzheimer’s disease risk
A mutation in the small protein SHMOOSE is associated with Alzheimer’s risk and highlights a possible target for treatment. By Beth Newcomb - USC Leonard Davis A mutation in a newly discovered small protein is connected to a significant increase in the risk for...

How regenerative medicine is advancing ALS research
By Susan Buckles - Mayo Clinic May is ALS Awareness Month, a time to reflect on the role of regenerative medicine research in advancing understanding and treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease. This neurodegenerative disorder causes...

New cell-based therapy for melanoma more effective than existing treatment, trial finds
Researchers in the Netherlands found that a therapy that uses a patient's own immune cells slowed the progression of metastatic melanoma. By Kaitlin Sullivan - NBC News European researchers announced Saturday that a new treatment for advanced melanoma was more...

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...
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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...