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The ‘unwarranted hype’ of stem cell therapies
Clinics claim that expensive stem cell therapies can help patients with dementia, autism, multiple sclerosis and even cerebral palsy - and crowdfunding campaigns to pay for the treatments are increasingly common. But are the patients and the donors being misled about...
The Alliance for Regenerative Medicine Releases Statement of Principles on Genome Editing
Washington, D.C. – August 27, 2019 - The Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM), the international advocacy organization representing the cell and gene therapy and broader regenerative medicine sector, today released a Therapeutic Developers’ Statement of...
UC San Diego Receives $9 Million in Grants to Pinpoint Cellular Cause of Type 1 Diabetes
In a multi-institutional research project, UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers have teamed up to create a human cell model of type 1 diabetes that includes a vascularized human pancreatic islet in a dish. Pictured are blood vessels in green and islets (cell...
Health & Business: Mayo, UNF centers boost city’s innovation ecosystem
Mayo Clinic’s Life Sciences Incubator, UNF’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, “a powerful addition” to the city. by: Katie Garwood - Jacksonville Daily Record Vic Nole, executive director of the Life Sciences Incubator. In the six years since Jim Stallings...
Mayo Clinic opens business incubator, lung restoration lab and stem cell center
Construction began on the Discovery and Innovation Building in 2017. By Katie Garwood - Jacksonville Daily Record Above photo from left, Dr. Kent Thielen, CEO of Mayo Clinic in Florida; Christina Zorn, chief administrative officer, Mayo Clinic in Florida; Martine...
$4.96 million CIRM grant awarded to Sanford Burnham Prebys to help the tiniest patients
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has awarded a $4.96 million grant to Sanford Burnham Prebys Professor Evan Y. Snyder, M.D., Ph.D. The funding will allow Snyder to complete pre-investigational new drug (IND)-enabling studies, a step toward...
Your New Heart Could Be Made in China
Chinese labs have fewer compunctions about animal research. Photographer: STR/AFP/Getty Images The country’s researchers are racing to grow replacement organs for humans in animals. By Adam Minter - Bloomberg News Recently, a Chinese startup named Qihan Biotech...
McGowan Institute Partners with International Space Station to Advance Regenerative Medicine
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – The International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory is embarking upon a multi-year research alliance with the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine (MIRM) at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) to push the limits of...
Human amniotic fluid stem cells show promise in treating severest type of spina bifida
Durham, NC – A study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine provides compelling evidence of how an injection of human amniotic fluid stem cells can be used to protect the spinal cord of a fetus from myelomeningocele (MMC). The finding could lead to a new...
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...