by Abigail Saltmarsh - E-Magazine by Medical Expo Faraz Fazal is a researcher at the Institute for Materials and Processes at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Engineering. He says research institutes in Japan are among those making impressive strides. The...

by Beth JoJack - Medical News Today A new treatment uses stem cells to generate dopamine and reverse Parkinson’s disease symptoms in rats. Image credit: Marian Vejcik/Getty Images Parkinson’s disease damages a specific class of neurons located in the midbrain. This...

by Richard Harth Arizona State University Scientists describe a process for converting non-neuronal cells into functioning neurons able to take up residence in the brain, send out their fibrous branches across neural tissue, form synapses, dispense dopamine and...

BY: Delia von Neuschatz  “Is this the fountain of youth?” I ask Mayo Clinic dermatologist, Saranya Wyles, about exosomes. The rising star in regenerative medicine, Dr. Wyles’ field of expertise, exosome therapy offers enormous potential in the treatment of a host of...

From the Lieber and Kiem Labs, Hematologic Malignancies Program, Cancer Consortium. By AE Spens - FredHutch.org - Science Spotlight Nestled in the pillowy, marrow-filled interior of your bones is a special group of cells called hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) that are...

by Nienke Wagenaar, Lisanne Baak and Niek Van Der Aa, medicalxpress.com   A few hours after Tom (not his real name) was born, he became restless and did not want to be breastfed. His mother noticed that his left arm and leg were shaking rhythmically—something was not...

by Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) researchers, who were the first to identify that stem cells in human urine have potential for tissue regenerative effects, continue their investigation into...

By Ken Downey Jr. at Healio.com The FDA on June 23 announced a 5-year strategy for improving and extending the lives of people with rare neurodegenerative diseases by advancing development of safe and effective medical products and facilitating access to novel...

By Maddie Bender - The Daily Beast Some time in the not-too-distant future, a patient who suffers a heart attack will spend time recovering in the hospital before a transplant. Oddly, though, their surgery date will be timed around a resupply mission to a space...

By Michael T. Nietzel - Forbes The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has announced that it will make a $200 million investment over the next five years to create the Gates Institute, a research and treatment center that will focus on the development of...

Image Caption: WFIRM Director Anthony Atala, MD, explains PATMOS program WINSTON-SALEM, NC, MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2022 -- A $36 million award from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), a part of the Department of Defense, will enable the Wake Forest Institute for...

Link to article A joint research group led by Genki Kanda at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) has developed a robotic artificial intelligence (AI) system for autonomously determining the optimal conditions for growing replacement retina layers...