WINSTON-SALEM, NC - March 2, 2020 - Scientists at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) have developed the world's most sophisticated laboratory model of the human body, creating a system of miniaturized organs that can be used to detect harmful...

By Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center February 24, 2020 Link to article Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists have improved upon the 3D bioprinting technique they developed to engineer skeletal muscle as a potential therapy for replacing...

By Robert F. Service - Feb. 17, 2020 , 4:35 PM (ScienceMag.org Link to Article) Normal daily life has come to a virtual standstill in large parts of China as a result of the epidemic of COVID-19—and so has science. Universities across the country remain closed; access...

Durham, NC – A new study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine is the first to illustrate the presence of oxygen-deprived clusters throughout the damaged site of a compressed spinal cord. It is also the first to show how transplanting basic growth factor...

By David A. Pearce February 6, 2020 - StatNews.com Link to Full Article Rogue stem cell clinics continue to victimize hopeful patients seeking cures for cancer, Parkinson’s disease, autism, chronic pain, and more. Most of these treatments are unproven and unsupported...

Durham, NC - Rohan Kulkarni, Ph.D., is named STEM CELLS's Young Investigator of 2019 for his work on the aging process of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). This award fosters advancements in the fields of stem cells and regenerative medicine by honoring a young...

By Mike Moradi, Co-Founder & CEO, Sensulin for World Economic Forum The current market for stem cell therapies is growing at 36% per year and will rapidly expand when a breakthrough treatment for non-communicable disease or a lifestyle factor occurs. Funding is...

Image Caption: The research team (left to right): Jia-Shiuan Tsai, Meng-chieh Lin, Wen-Ting Luo, Hua-Jung Li, Pei-Lin He, Shih-Yin Chen Durham, NC – When it comes to regenerating damaged brain cells, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) induced using an EP4 antagonist are...

Porous coordination polymers can be a form of carbon-capture technology, says discoverer Susumu Kitagawa, second from left, with (left to right) Atomis CTO Masakazu Higuchi, CEO Daisuke Asari, R&D officer Kenji Sumida, and COO Dai Kataoka. (Japan BrandVoice) As...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- A molecular switch has the ability to turn on a substance in animals that repairs neurological damage in disorders such as multiple sclerosis (MS), Mayo Clinic researchers discovered. The early research in animal models could advance an already...