News and Opinions

Low-Earth orbit is actually the perfect place to grow stem cells. By Maddie Bender - The Daily Beast Some time in the not-too-distant future, a patient who suffers a heart attack will spend time recovering in the hospital before a transplant. Oddly, though, their...

By Michael T. Nietzel - Forbes The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has announced that it will make a $200 million investment over the next five years to create the Gates Institute, a research and treatment center that will focus on the development of...

Image Caption: WFIRM Director Anthony Atala, MD, explains PATMOS program WINSTON-SALEM, NC, MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2022 -- A $36 million award from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), a part of the Department of Defense, will enable the Wake Forest Institute for...

Link to article A joint research group led by Genki Kanda at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) has developed a robotic artificial intelligence (AI) system for autonomously determining the optimal conditions for growing replacement retina layers...

Researchers have developed a tiny, 3D-printed cell "cradle" to boost IVF success, with the treatment of cancer, diabetes, cystic fibrosis and spinal cord injury also advanced by the invention. By Lynne Minion - HealthcareITNews A tiny new medical device has been...

By Michael Hiltzik - Business Columnist Los Angeles Times For years, California cosmetic surgeon Mark Berman was a leader of that corner of the healthcare world pushing unproven and unapproved stem cell treatments for a host of medical conditions. Berman aired his...

The oil kingdom fears that its population is aging at an accelerated rate and hopes to test drugs to reverse the problem. First up might be the diabetes drug metformin. By Antonio Regalado technologyreview.com - link to article Anyone who has more money than they know...

Boerne, TX. June 1, 2022 — Cell Bridge Strategies, an industry thought leader and consulting firm for Regenerative Medicine and the Advanced Therapies announced its sponsorship and design of an executive-level panel session to address the significant impact India is...

By Kevin McCormack – Link to article – CIRM At the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) we are fortunate in having enough money to fund the most promising research to be tested in a clinical trial. Those are expensive projects, often costing tens of...

2022 Honorees include  Arnold I. Caplan, PhD;  Dr. Mahendra Rao;  Frances Verter, PhD & The Parent’s Guide to Cord Blood Foundation and the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund On June 9 at 7:00 PM EDT, Regenerative Medicine Foundation (RMF) will broadcast the Stem...

Cellular reprogramming is on the up as a growing number of companies race to develop therapies for rejuvenating human beings. Author: Eleanor Garth - Longevity.Technology - Link to article Recent advances in cellular reprogramming have revolutionised the fields of...

Cell receptor protein also stimulates the growth of brain cancer stem cells in Rutgers study By Kitta MacPherson - Rutgers Today - Link to article A receptor that was first identified as necessary for insulin action, that also is located on the neural stem cells found...

SIX AWESOME THINGS ABOUT 2022 PROGRAM   Arnold I. Caplan MD, the "father" of MSCs, delivers a resounding keynote speech that will rock the Richter scale: “Physicians, Hear Me Now. MSCs Will Change How Medicine Is Practiced!” Beth Roxland, JD...

Boerne, TX. May 11, 2022 — Cell Bridge Strategies, an industry thought leader and business consulting firm for regenerative medicine today announced its partnership and significant role at this year’s World Stem Cell Summit, taking place virtually on June 6-11,...

By Michael Irving May 08, 2022 – Type 1 diabetes can be a rare but serious side effect of a cancer treatment that use what are known as immune checkpoint inhibitors. In a new study in mice, researchers in Japan have shown that administering stem cell therapy could...

UC San Diego study uses lab-grown human brain tissue to identify neural abnormalities in Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome and test gene therapy tools image caption: Microscopy images reveal significant differences in size and structure between brain organoids derived from a...

The findings in mice could lead to new insights and treatments for a wide range of brain and neurological diseases, from epilepsy to Alzheimer’s by Julie Rafferty - April 28, 2022 - TuftsNow - Link to article Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine have...

Early Bird Pricing is in effect – Register Today and Save…

WINSTON-SALEM, NC, April 18, 2022 – Regenerative medicine manufacturing in space is the next frontier and will be possible due to a new three-way partnership between Axiom Space, which is building the world’s first commercial space station, the RegenMed Development...