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by ScienceBlog - Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have engineered a solution using tiny microgels packed with antioxidant crystals. Published in Advanced Functional Materials, their work demonstrates how a single dose of these protective...

By Danny Sullivan - Longevity.Technology - Healthspan as a universal right, the need for new regulation, the age of mitochondrial therapies and 7 shifts to accelerate longevity. As we reflect on some of the interviews we’ve conducted over the past 12 months, it’s...

By Cleveland Clinic - Patient with quadruple refractory multiple myeloma achieves complete response with cell therapy A Cleveland Clinic patient participated in a clinical trial of allogenic CAR T-cell therapy to treat highly resistant multiple myeloma and achieved a...

by James Lim, PhD - The Scientist - Let’s face it: Nobody pursues a career in science for the joy of culturing cells. But this thankless and time-intensive task is the backbone of biological research. When it’s done extremely well, the results generated from...

By UCI Health News - CIRM award will support first-of-its-kind clinical trial in humans This award will support a first-in-human safety and tolerability study of an embryonic stem cell-derived neural stem cell product for Huntington’s disease, a milestone for patients...

By Mayo Clinic - A Mayo Clinic study published in the September 2025 issue of Science Advances explores a novel approach to retinal gene therapy using fibrin hydrogels encapsulating adeno-associated virus 2-green fluorescent protein (AAV2-GFP). The findings suggest a...

By Heidi Borst - Forbes - Human longevity has reached new heights. During the 20th century, lifespan in high-income countries increased by about 30 years due to public health and medicine advancements, according to a 2024 analysis in Nature Aging.[1] In the U.S., the...

By Sriparna Roy - Reuters News - Regeneron (REGN.O), opens new tab said on Saturday its experimental cancer combination therapy was effective and showed disappearance of the disease in previously untreated patients with a type of blood cancer in the first part of a...

by Mark Johnson - MSN - Aging taps us on the shoulder in many ways: wrinkles, thinning hair, loss of flexibility, slowing of the brain. But the process also unfolds at a more fundamental, microscopic level, as the energy source inside most cells deteriorates....

by UChicagoMedicine - Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer care by training the immune system to detect and destroy tumors. For many patients, it works very well in shrinking tumors and sending cancer into remission, an undetectable state of cancer. But that...

By Vycellix - - Single-step CD45-engager technology shows robust immune evasion with functional persistence in pre-clinical models - Phase 1 study to evaluate ‘off-the-shelf’ natural killer cell cancer immunotherapy in the treatment of multiple myeloma BOCA RATON,...

By Tosin Thompson - Chemistry World - Two years ago, the UK became the first country to approve Casgevy, a Crispr-based therapy for the blood disorders sickle cell disease and β-thalassaemia. This year saw the world’s first personalised Crispr therapy for a baby boy...

By Technology Networks - Scientists created an immunity-proof CRISPR system that reveals hidden metastasis genes in mouse tumour models. The immune system plays a crucial role in fighting tumours and metastases. Consequently, it is decisive to conduct cancer research...

By Linda Geddes - NewScientist - f you melted down the average UK adult, you’d find around 22 kilograms (48.5 pounds) of creamy yellow fat – equivalent to around 88 blocks of lard, enough to fill two-thirds of a small suitcase or cast into 446 dinner candles. Melted,...

by James Cavin - Phys.org - Biomedical researchers at Texas A&M University may have discovered a way to stop or even reverse the decline of cellular energy production—a finding that could have revolutionary effects across medicine. Dr. Akhilesh K. Gaharwar and...

By Cold Spring Harbor Laboaratory - How does science make life better? Here’s one example spanning eons. There’s an adaptive immune system called CRISPR that has existed in bacteria for billions of years. Thanks to fundamental biology research, it is now being used to...

By Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News - Typically, bone marrow research relies heavily on animal models and oversimplified cell cultures in the laboratory. Now, researchers from the Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel and University Hospital...

By Science Daily - Inflammation covertly rewires the bone marrow, enabling mutated stem cells to rise and setting the stage for future blood disease. Researchers discovered that chronic inflammation fundamentally remodels the bone marrow, allowing mutated stem cell...

By Stem Cells Translational Medicine - Background: Stem cell research has rapidly advanced during the past decades, but the translation into approved clinical products is still lagging behind. Multiple barriers to effective clinical translation exist. We hypothesize...

By Miranda McLaren - Clinical Trials Alerts - Mesenchymal stem cells have been explored across a wide range of diseases due to their potential to reduce inflammation and promote tissue repair and regeneration. BBG Advanced Therapies’ Rogelio Zamilpa, PhD takes us...