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By Dillon, H.T., Foulkes, S., Horne-Okano, Y.A. - Nature - Scientific Reports Abstract Premature cardiovascular mortality is increased in long-term allogeneic stem cell transplant (allo-SCT) survivors, but little information exists regarding subclinical cardiovascular...

By Paul Hanaphy - 3d Printing Industry Researchers at the USA’s National Eye Institute (NEI) have developed a way of 3D bioprinting eye tissues using patient stem cells. Using their approach, in which three different types of immature choroidal cells are printed onto...

Engineered organs could put an end to transplant waiting lists By Antonio Regalado - MIT Technology Review WHO eGenesis, Makana Therapeutics, United Therapeutics WHEN 10 to 15 years For two months last year, a 57-year-old man named David Bennett lived with a pig heart...

By Laura Red Eagle - University of Wisconsin News Gene therapies have the potential to treat neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, but they face a common barrier — the blood-brain barrier. Now, researchers at the University of...

by University of California Irvine - Technology Networks Combating Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases by inserting healthy new immune cells into the brain has taken a leap toward reality. Neuroscientists at the University of California, Irvine and the...

By Kristin Houser - Freethink It could lead to new cancer treatments, better diagnostics tests, and more. his article is an installment of Future Explored, a weekly guide to world-changing technology. You can get stories like this one straight to your inbox every...

WINSTON-SALEM, NC, February, 2023 -- The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) and the Regenerative Medicine Foundation (RMF) have announced that the 20th edition of the World Stem Cell Summit will be held in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in...

By Adam Felts | MIT News Students, researchers, and actors don AGNES for a taste of the friction, frustration, and fatigue that older adults often experience. Visitors to MIT’s AgeLab in the Center for Transportation and Logistics are greeted silently by a shiny...

by Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins researchers develop injectable hydrogel composite that promotes regenerative healing in an animal model of Crohn’s perianal fistulas In a new study using a rat model of Crohn’s disease, a biodegradable hydrogel composite...

By Esteban Cortez - The Stem Cellar The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) is investing $4 million in a late-stage preclinical project by Ryne Bio aiming to improve treatment for Idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (PD). PD is characterized by a loss of...

By Susan Buckles - Mayo Clinic Mayo Clinic is using 3D printing as a new option to heal the larynx after cancer or traumatic injury. David Lott, M.D., a Mayo Clinic otolaryngologist and head and neck surgeon, is an expert who can speak about a pioneering procedure...

By Rob Stein - NPR News Katie Pope Kopp went through round after round of chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant to treat her non-Hodgkin lymphoma. But nothing could beat it. "I went back to get a PET scan in May of 2020, and that's when they found that my...

By Anjali A. Sarkar, PhD - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology news Researchers are developing off-the-shelf treatments to save joints before they wear out Osteoarthritis is a progressive disease where the protective layer of articular cartilage that cushions the...

by Lynda Charters - Ophthalmology Times A recent survey of retinal clinic patients reveals a lack of awareness of the risks and safety issues associated with stem cell therapies. Intravitreal injections of unapproved stem cell therapies have resulted in irreversible...

by Tokyo Medical and Dental University - Phys.Org Growing miniature organ-like tissues in the lab is already within our reach. Now, researchers from Japan have developed a new approach that enables intestinal mini-organs to be grown more easily and efficiently in the...

By: Stacey DeLoye UFHealth News Scientists at UF Scripps Biomedical Research have developed a potential medicine for a leading cause of ALS and dementia that works by eliminating disease-causing segments of RNA. The compound restored the health of neurons in the lab...

By Technology Netowrks Northwestern University-led researchers have created the first highly mature neurons from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), a feat that opens new opportunities for medical research and potential transplantation therapies for...

By Andrea Park, Conor Hale - Fierce Biotech SAN FRANCISCO—After years of stops, starts and stops again, the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference has returned to the city by the bay in full form. Below we've compiled the biggest medtech news so far, bite-sized—from both...

Manipulating Cell Signaling Can Possibly Ensure the Body Has a Healthy Amount of Cells By Stephanie Cajigal - Cedars Sinai A new study led by Cedars-Sinai and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has determined that altering a cellular process can lead...