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Personalized Immunotherapy Shows Promise Beyond Cancer
AUDIO -Science Friday Article CAR T cell therapy, a type of immunotherapy in which a patient’s own immune cells are modified to create a hybrid immune cell that destroys cancer cells, was first developed over a decade ago. Now, researchers are continuing to...
The New York Stem Cell Foundation Mourns the Loss of CEO Susan L. Solomon
One of the great patient advocates of our time, Susan Solomon, has passed away. Susan was a visionary leader and true force of nature. A diabetes mom, she launched the New York Stem Cell Foundation that has supported cutting edge research and constructed a major...
Large number of stem cell lines carry significant DNA damage, say researchers
DNA damage caused by factors such as ultraviolet radiation affect nearly three-quarters of all stem cell lines derived from human skin cells, say Cambridge researchers, who argue that whole genome sequencing is essential for confirming if cell lines are usable. Stem...
Creating an “Adult-like” Mature Human Cardiac Tissue
Model developed by UConn and UCSF researchers to be used for myriad of applications, most notably to evaluate safety and efficacy of drugs on the cardiovascular system By Courtney Chandler - UConn Health Researchers in the Biomedical Engineering Department at UConn...
MIT researchers develop test that measures COVID-19 immunity
"Our test’s accuracy was roughly about as accurate as you would see for a normal blood test." By Madeleine Aitken Researchers at MIT have developed a test that measures immune protection against COVID-19 by measuring the level of neutralizing antibodies in a blood...
First U.S. patient receives autologous stem cell therapy to treat dry AMD
Breaking News in #maculardegeneration! First time in USA! Commencement of a Phase 1/2a clinical safety trial using #IPSC stem cells to treat for advanced dry age-related macular degeneration. NIH and #JohnHopkins surgical team implanted a patch of tissue made from...
Bringing regenerative technology of the future to patients today
By Susan Buckles - Mayo Clinic "The sky's the limit," "possibility" and "potential cure for disease" are aspirational ways Mayo Clinic physicians and scientists described regenerative medicine in a recent virtual presentation at the World Stem Cell Summit 2022. Mayo's...
CRISPR Gene Editing Critical to Delivering Off-the-Shelf Cell Therapy
By Vivienne Raper, PhD - Genengnews.com The future of cell therapies should be in off-the-shelf products using multiplex gene editing during the manufacturing process. That’s according to Rachel Haurwitz, PhD, CEO of Caribou Biosciences. Haurwitz, whose colleague...
New inhaled COVID-19 therapeutic blocks viral replication in the lungs
By Kara Manke - Berkley News UC Berkeley postdoctoral scholar Chi Zhu is part of a team of researchers who are developing a new COVID-19 therapeutic that can be administered as a nasal spray. The experimental treatment is effective against all SARS-CoV-2 “variants of...
A New Approach to T-Cell Therapy
By Katie Brighton - Technology Networks T-cell therapy is a growing field, with applications moving beyond treating blood cancers to treating solid tumors too. Progress is also being made towards using T-cell therapy to treat infectious diseases such as human...
Time’s Arrow – Brief exposure to rapamycin has the same anti-ageing effects as lifelong treatment
Just published! Some are hailing this promising discovery the next Fountain of Youth, but let's not get carried away. Brief exposure to drug #rapamycin has the same anti-aging effects as lifelong treatment. The #MaxPlanckInstitute made headlines in the #longevity and...
Pioneering stem-cell trials in Japan report promising early results
Has public enthusiasm for #IPSCs waned in Japan? The subject article addresses the topic by focusing on three ongoing studies. Transplanting reprogrammed heart muscle stem cells into a patient. Transplanting IPSC derived #cornea cells- with some vision improvement...