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New therapy harnesses “dancing molecules” to reverse paralysis, repair tissue after spinal cord injuries
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. News-Medical.Net Nov 11 2021 - Link to article Northwestern University investigators have developed a new injectable therapy that harnesses "dancing molecules" to reverse paralysis and repair tissue after severe spinal cord injuries....
Woman Hopes Father She’s Never Met Will Save Her Life by Donating Bone Marrow
NEWSWEEK Article - By Aristos Georgiou On 11/3/21 at 8:31 AM EDT - Link to article A woman suffering from a rare blood condition is on a quest to find her estranged biological father, who may enable her to get a potentially life-saving transplant if he donates his...
RNA Control Switch: Engineers Devise a Way To Selectively Turn On Gene Therapies in Human Cells
By Anne Trafton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology October 30, 2021 - Link to Article A new RNA-based control switch could be used to trigger production of therapeutic proteins to treat cancer or other diseases. Researchers at MIT and Harvard University have...
Hoag trial spells hope for patients battling aggressive form of breast cancer
Oct. 19, 2021 7:50 PM PT By Sara Cardine, Staff Writer Norma Marquez distinctly remembers the day she learned she had breast cancer. “It was May 1, 2018. I was diagnosed on St. Peregrine’s Feast Day,” the 43-year-old Anaheim resident recalled, explaining Peregrine is...
Decades of research show common stem cells could fuel advances in regenerative medicine
Image Caption: Adult stem cells (indicated by the white arrows) show promise in treating a variety of conditions, according to research by Dr. Eckhard Alt of the School of Medicine. These cells were obtained from adult adipose, or fat tissue. Credit: Dr. Eckhard...
Nerve Repair with Help From Stem Cells
November 9, 2021 - University of Pennsylvania - A new approach to repairing peripheral nerves marries the regenerating power of gingiva-derived mesenchymal stem cells with a biological scaffold to enable the functional recovery of nerves following a facial injury,...
Breakthrough within reach for diabetes scientist and patients nearest to his heart
By Clea Simon Harvard Correspondent - The Harvard Gazette - November 9, 2021 Link to article 100 years after discovery of insulin, replacement therapy represents ‘a new kind of medicine,’ says Stem Cell Institute co-director Douglas Melton, whose children inspired his...
Neurona Therapeutics Receives IND Clearance to Initiate Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of Neural Cell Therapy NRTX-1001 in Chronic Focal Epilepsy Patients
November 04, 2021 08:00 ET | Source: Neurona Therapeutics SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Neurona Therapeutics, a biotherapeutics company advancing restorative neural cell therapies for the treatment of chronic neurological disorders, today announced...
Researcher awarded $12 million for a stem cell trial to improve outcomes of young blood cancer patients
Stanford researcher Maria Grazia Roncarolo has been awarded $12 million by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine for a trial aimed at improving the outcomes of stem cell transplants in children and young adults with blood cancers. November 2, 2021 - By...
Stem cell therapy for kidney damage repair
By Susan Buckles Mesenchymal stem cells derived from a person's fat cells may help repair kidney damage caused by narrowing blood vessels, Mayo Clinic research has discovered. The research by Stephen Textor, M.D., and his team is published in Kidney International....
Takeda Receives Approval to Manufacture and Market Alofisel®▼ (darvadstrocel) in Japan for Treatment of Complex Perianal Fistulas in Patients with Non-active or Mildly Active Luminal Crohn’s Disease
September 27, 2021 - Alofisel (darvadstrocel) is the first expanded human allogeneic adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cell therapy to be approved in Japan - Alofisel provides a potential cell-mediated closure option for patients with complex perianal fistulas...
Repeated injury to airway stem cells could be major factor in chronic lung disease
Durham, NC – Are prematurely aged or overworked stem cells a significant factor in chronic lung disease? Findings of a study just released in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM) say this is likely so. The study determined that repeated injury to the epithelial...