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The ISSCR Releases Informed Consent Standard for Stem Cell-based Interventions
12 August 2019 -- The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) today released a professional standard of informed consent for stem cell-based interventions performed outside of formal clinical trials, such as the unapproved and unproven “treatments”...
Inaugural World Stem Cell Summit-CHINA & Phacilitate Leaders Asia Will Foster Understanding And Collaborations Accelerating Regenerative Medicine
Registration is now open for the Shanghai meeting, October 15-16, 2019 Shanghai, August 12, 2019 - Combining more than 30 years of conference experience, Phacilitate and the nonprofit Regenerative Medicine Foundation (RMF) have created a new Asia forum for global...
Consumer Alert! ISCT issues patient advice and concern on unproven CAR-T-cell preservation services
Vancouver, Canada, August 7, 2019 – ISCT, the International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy, the global professional society of clinicians, researchers, regulatory specialists, technologists and industry partners in the cell and gene therapy sector, today announces...
F.D.A. Can Act Against Stem Cell Clinic, Judge Rules
A Florida judge says the agency is entitled to an injunction against a stem cell clinic that has blinded patients and challenged the government’s authority to regulate it. By Denise Grady - The New York Times - Link to Full Article June 3, 2019 - A federal judge on...
LADL is the new technology for controlling DNA folding
The Context: To fit inside the nucleus of our cells, our DNA crumples up, forming loops and making itself compact. When certain sequences of looped DNA interact with others, it impacts the way our genes are expressed, which can play a role in disease. The Study: A new...
California stem-cell agency’s supporters reveal plan for $5.5-billion ballot initiative
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine is running out of money — but it could soon get a second wind. Advocates for stem-cell research in California are pushing ahead with a plan to save the struggling state-funded California Institute for Regenerative...
A New Frontier for Understanding Fatty Liver Disease
The Context: Fatty liver diseases such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), non-alcoholic stereohepatitis (NASH), and Wolman disease are especially difficult to study and treat due to the lack of effective disease models that recapitulate their...
New grant funds anti-aging study
IMAGE: Baboons at the Southwest National Primate Research Center. Credit: Kathy West Studios Already approved FDA drug could impact brain cell function Texas Biomedical Research Institute San Antonio, Texas (June 17, 2019) - The William and Ella Owens Medical Research...
ISSCR Opposes Health and Human Services Policy Restricting Fetal Tissue Research
ISSCR News - 5 June, 2019 - The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), the largest professional organization of stem cell researchers from around the world, opposes the new U.S. Health and Human Services policy to eliminate federal funding for fetal...
Federal court issues decision holding that US Stem Cell clinics and owner adulterated and misbranded stem cell products in violation of the law
FDA Press Release: June 04, 2019 - U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro of the Southern District of Florida granted the government’s motion for summary judgment against US Stem Cell Clinic LLC, of Weston, Florida, and US Stem Cell Inc., of Sunrise, Florida, and their...
Plasma-Based Gel Delivery System Might Be the Key to Success in Treating Injured Kidneys
DURHAM, N.C. (PRWEB)May 30, 2019 - A study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine is the first to demonstrate an efficient delivery system for the sustained release of human placental stem cell (HPSC)-derived conditioned medium (CM) to treat acute kidney...
6th annual Regenerative Medicine Essentials Course Set for June
WINSTON-SALEM, NC – The sixth annual Regenerative Medicine Essentials Course will be held June 10 - 14 in downtown Winston-Salem. The course is made possible through the collaborative partnership between the Regenerative Medicine Foundation (RMF) and the Wake Forest...