by Admin | Aug 7, 2019 | News & Opinions
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...
by Admin | Aug 6, 2019 | News & Opinions
Durham, NC – A study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM) identifies a computational modeling system that could have far-reaching implications for personalized medicine, especially when seeking treatments for children with heart failure. The...
by Admin | Aug 5, 2019 | Bioethics, News & Opinions
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...
by Admin | Jul 26, 2019 | News & Opinions
Photo: Jennifer E. Phillips-Cremins, PhD, Assistant Professor at University of Pennsylvania 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,...
by Admin | Jul 25, 2019 | News & Opinions
Image:California voters approved US$3.3 billion to create a state-backed agency for research into stem cells (pictured) in 2004. Will they do it again? Credit: Charles Gersbach, Scripps Research Institute The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine is running...
by Admin | Jun 23, 2019 | News & Opinions
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...