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Ankles may hold the key to new osteoarthritis therapy

Ankles may hold the key to new osteoarthritis therapy

by Duke University - Futurity - The ankle’s ability to regenerate cartilage uses the same mechanisms that enable some animals to grow new limbs, and it could be harnessed to repair cartilage in knees and hips hobbled by osteoarthritis. Those findings in the journal...

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Engineering immune cells within the body

Engineering immune cells within the body

By National institutes of Health - Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies involve taking immune cells, called T cells, from a patient and engineering them to make a protein that lets them recognize and attack the patient’s cancer cells. CAR T cells have...

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Mesenchymal stem cell therapy shows potential: Study review

Mesenchymal stem cell therapy shows potential: Study review

by Steve Bryson, PhD - Multiple Sclerosis Today - More study needed to support evidence, researchers say. Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy is safe and well tolerated, and leads to improvements in disability and a reduction in lesion burden in people with multiple...

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We need new regulation to keep up with longevity innovation

We need new regulation to keep up with longevity innovation

By Danny Sullivan - Longevity.Technology - Healthspan Action Coalition's Bernard Siegel says new state laws show the federal government needs to ‘get its act together’ on patient access to innovative therapies. As a member of the Florida Bar Association for the past...

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Pentagon seeks sensors to aid regenerative medicine

Pentagon seeks sensors to aid regenerative medicine

By Lauren C. Williams - Defense One - And as a byproduct, to boost the U.S. biotech industry. The Pentagon is looking for tiny sensors that track the health of biological tissue, part of an effort to help soldiers recover from wounds—and give the U.S. biotech industry...

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This is Not the Time to Cut Space-enabled Medical Research

This is Not the Time to Cut Space-enabled Medical Research

By Nicole Wagner - ISS National Laboratory = Research that leverages space to develop treatments for blindness, cancer, and Parkison’s disease is jeopardized by the $6.1 billion NASA budget cuts recently announced for 2026 by President Trump. The cuts to the...

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Fixing Sugar Metabolism Shows Promise Against Dementia

Fixing Sugar Metabolism Shows Promise Against Dementia

by Arkadi Mazin - Lifespan Research Institute - This may have effects on a significant component of Alzheimer's. Scientists have shown that aberrant metabolism of glycogen in neurons is linked to the accumulation of harmful tau protein. Caloric restriction, genetic...

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Stem Cell Bank Targets Alzheimer’s Genetic Risk

Stem Cell Bank Targets Alzheimer’s Genetic Risk

By Technology Networks Genomics Research - New stem cell platform models Alzheimer's risk using cells from people with high and low genetic predisposition. Researchers at the UK Dementia Research Institute at Cardiff University have developed a new stem cell resource...

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