by Queen Mary University of London News New research sheds light on evolutionary origins of stem cells with groundbreaking experiment to create mouse using ancient genetic tools Published in Nature Communications, an international team of researchers has achieved an...

by Emily Mullin - Wired - It’s been a year since the gene-editing treatment Casgevy was approved for sickle cell disease and a related blood disorder. It’s finally being infused into patients. Called Casgevy, the gene-editing treatment is for people with sickle cell...

By The Broad Stem Cell Research Center - Technology Networks - Researchers have uncovered an unexpected role for the molecule netrin1 in organizing the developing spinal cord. Scientists at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell...

By Andis Robeznieks - American Medical Association - It is critically important to make health IT accessible for all and to achieve equitable adoption among aging patients, people with hearing and eyesight impairment, as well as those who live in communities...

by Imma Perfetto - Cosmos - An Australian researcher has been awarded $60,000 to build more complex models of the human lung, with the hope to discover new therapies for respiratory diseases. Dr Rhiannon Werder, team leader at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute...

By Frank Vinluan - MedCity News - Autolus Therapeutics’ Aucatzyl is now FDA approved for treating advanced cases of B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia. While it goes after the same target as Gilead Sciences’ Tecartus, Autolus engineered its CAR T-therapy...

By Smriti Mallapaty - Nature - The treatment, given to four people with damaged corneas, seems safe but needs to be tested in larger trials. Three people with severely impaired vision who received stem-cell transplants have experienced substantial improvements in...

By By Jordana Lenon - University of Wisconsin-Madison - Heart muscle cells grown from stem cells show promise in monkeys with a heart problem that typically results from a heart defect sometimes present at birth in humans, according to new research from the University...

by Christiane Klasen - Phys.org - Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have a great potential for scientific and medical applications. They are used in research laboratories to model human diseases, helping to uncover underlying mechanisms and developing new...

By Texas A&M College of Medicine News - A new therapy may delay Alzheimer’s disease progression by years, according to a study by researchers at Texas A&M University College of Medicine. Published in the Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, the research aims to...

Arun Sharma, PhD By Cedars Sinai News - Cedars-Sinai investigators are one step closer to manufacturing stem cells in space, which could speed up the development of new medical therapies on Earth. The first published data from the experiments conducted on a private...

by International Society for Stem Cell Research - MedicalXpress - When thinking about the immune system, most people think about B and T cells and how they can be trained to recognize pathogens, preventing re-infections. Besides this adaptive immune system, we also...