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Baby girl who developed a life-threatening brain condition was successfully treated before she was born—and is now a healthy seven-week-old. By Jessica Hamzelou - MIT Technology Review She doesn’t know it yet, but a baby girl living somewhere near Boston has made...

by John Cumbers - Forbes After being at the helm for over a decade of internet juggernaut Google GOOG -0.8%, former CEO Eric Schmidt has switched gears and one of his latest activities is being an advocate for the fast-growing US bioeconomy, which is valued at over...

by Innovation Quarter From developing the world’s first lab-grown organ (a bladder) to the body-on-a-chip platform used for drug toxicity testing and personalized medicine, Winston-Salem-based scientists have been integral to cutting-edge regenerative medicine...

By Michael Irving - News Atlas Scientists in Canada have developed a new technique that may one day help restore some sight to patients with inherited vision impairment. The regenerative therapy works by expressing genes that convert dormant cells into new...

Intrathecal mesenchymal stem cell-neural progenitor therapy failed to significantly improve the EDSS or the EDSS Plus versus placebo in progressive MS. by Physician's Weekly Mesenchymal stem cell-neural progenitor therapy (MSC-NPs) are bone marrow-derived cells with...

STING-seq provides roadmap to identify variants and genes, enabling deeper understanding of the noncoding genome and targets for therapies By NYU News A major challenge in human genetics is understanding which parts of the genome drive specific traits or contribute to...

by Justin Jackson - Phys.org Researchers at Sana Biotechnology, Inc., in California, have made a significant breakthrough in realizing the promise of stem cell therapy: stem cells that do not trigger an immune response from an immunologically incompatible donor. In...

By Longeveron MIAMI, May 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Longeveron Inc. (NASDAQ: LGVN) ("Longeveron" or "Company"), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing regenerative medicines for unmet medical needs, today announced new long-term follow-up data from the...

by Innovation Quarter Some things are worth traveling for. We drive the extra hour to one-of-a-kind restaurants, we cross state lines for best-in-class specialists and we travel days to experience unrivaled natural wonders. One day, there will be products that we have...

Aubrey de Grey explains why the time is right to be extremely ambitious and audacious when it comes to longevity research. By Eleanor Garth - Longevity.Technology August will see the second annual Longevity Summit take place in Dublin. Packed with keynote...

By Axiom Space First time bioprinted solid tissue constructs to be sent to the International Space Station and induced pluripotent stem cells to be manufactured in space. Microgravity allows researchers to study the behavior of cells and tissues in a unique...

by Cassie Tomlin - Cedars Sinai A first-of-its-kind stem cell therapy for ALS passes a critical safety benchmark, advancing the search to slow down, reverse and prevent the disease. In a parallel study, investigators are growing patient-derived stem cells to model...

Combined WSCS & RME Course in Winston-Salem, NC June 5-9 WSCS will be a LIVE IN-PERSON MEETING combined with the WFIRM/RMF Regenerative Medicine Essentials Course in Winston-Salem, NC. The annual World Stem Cell Summit is the LEGACY, interdisciplinary,...

By Eve Herold -  Leaps.org After a cloned baby sheep, what started as one of the most controversial areas in medicine is now promising to transform it. The field of regenerative medicine had a shaky start. In 2002, when news spread about the first cloned animal, Dolly...

By Catherine Eckford - European Pharmaceutical Review The first allogeneic stem cell transplant therapy to be approved based on Phase III study results has been granted by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation...

By Natalie Lisbona - BBC News Dr Talia Cohen Solal sits down at a microscope to look closely at human brain cells grown in a petri dish. "The brain is very subtle, complex and beautiful," she says. A neuroscientist, Dr Cohen Solal is the co-founder and chief executive...

by Jasmine Hagan - RegMedNet The UK is set to be the second country to trial a pioneering stem cell robot to improve the manufacture of safe and cost-effective cell-based therapeutics. Manufacturing challenges have limited the availability of stem cell-based...

The peptide blocks a hyperactive brain enzyme that contributes to the neurodegeneration seen in Alzheimer’s and other diseases. By Anne Trafton - MIT News MIT neuroscientists have found a way to reverse neurodegeneration and other symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease by...

Cedars-Sinai researchers are working with Axiom Space to test if stem cells can be easily produced and grown aboard the International Space Station.   By Ed Cara - Gizmodo Stem cell research is expanding beyond earthly confines. Scientists from Cedars-Sinai in...

by Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News If you want to know if a medical field is progressing, you can start by checking a couple of obvious indicators: the number of clinical trials, and the growth projections offered by market researchers. Both of these...