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A ‘living’ cancer drug helped two patients stay disease-free for a decade
image Caption: two red cells attack a white cell, the cells have been pseudo-colored - Two T-cells (red) attack an oral squamous cancer cell (white)—a fight that's part of the natural immune response. Clinical researchers are developing a new type of therapy that...

Utrecht researchers volumetrically 3D print functional liver tissue units
Remarkable achievement in volumetric bioprinting opens new opportunities for regenerative medicine and drug development By Davide Sher - 3D Printing Network - Link to article A team from Utrecht University (Netherlands), working on novel 3D bioprinting technologies...

iPS researchers discover genetic traits of people prone to Alzheimer’s
Japanese researchers say they have tracked down the genetic traits of people prone to develop Alzheimer's disease by studying brain nerve cells created from induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells. The research team at Kyoto University's Center for iPS Cell...

Patient with leukemia, virus infection cured post stem transplant
By Archana Jyoti - The Daily Pioneer - Link to article Adopting a newer approach that may make the treatment available to people afflicting with HIV, scientists have cured a US patient with leukemia and virus infection after attempting a stem transplant on her from a...

Will This Stem Cell Breakthrough Spell the End of Parkinson’s? We’re About to Find Out.
Fingers Crossed. If it works, it will forever turn the tide in our fight against the disease. by Sebastian Skov Andersen - The Daily Beast - Link to article Last year, Jette Oppelstrup, 49, invested in a bathroom on the ground floor of her townhouse in Herlev, a...

First transplants of insulin-producing cells grown from stem cells an ‘early success’: study
Image Caption: James Shapiro, professor of surgery, medicine and surgical oncology at the U of A, led a new clinical trial that shows insulin-producing cells grown from stem cells are safe for transplant. (Source: University of Alberta / Richard Siemens) By Andrea...

Regenerative pipeline for spinal cord repair
Article by Sara Tiner - Link to article Mayo Clinic research is learning how stem cell therapy can treat neurodegenerative diseases. Mayo is among the first to study whether stem cell therapy might trigger healing for spinal cord injury. Research is ongoing in...

Fixing a broken heart: These incredible images show how regenerative medicine can rebuild you
By Jason Goodyer - ScienceFocus.com - Link to article The British Heart Foundation has announced a £3-million round of funding to help to search for a cure for heart failure . This set of stunning images are some of the highlights from eight cutting-edge projects that...

Third HIV Patient in Remission Following Stem Cell Transplant
By Technologynetworks.com - Link to article A woman with HIV who received a cord blood stem cell transplant to treat acute myeloid leukemia has had no detectable levels of HIV for 14 months despite cessation of antiretroviral therapy (ART), according to a presentation...

With CRISPR gene editing, unique treatments begin to take off for rare diseases
image caption: Paddy Doherty receiving his single infusion of CRISPR-based therapy at a London clinic. (Courtesy of Paddy Doherty) Researchers and patients are excited about recent advancements, but such experiments have their own sets of risks and challenges By Meeri...

Researchers report third case of HIV remission after stem cell transplant using umbilical cord blood
By Tasnim Ahmed, CNN - Link to article A US woman has become the third known person who’s gone into HIV remission, and the first mixed-race woman, thanks to a transplant of stem cells from umbilical cord blood, according to research presented at a conference Tuesday....

CAR-T poised to create ‘paradigm shift’ in non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Article from Helio.com - Link to article Results from a randomized phase 3 study saw one CAR-T significantly outperform the current standard of care among patients with relapsed or refractory disease, according to study investigator Manali Kamdar, MD. “The patients I...