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by Rachel Lukowicz-Bedford, University of Oregon - MedicalXpress - Tiny implantable sensors are helping University of Oregon researchers optimize the process of recovery from severe bone injuries. Scientists at the UO's Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating...

By Susan Buckles - Mayo Clinic - Rochester, Minn. — People around the globe are living longer — but not necessarily healthier — lives, according to Mayo Clinic research. A study of 183 World Health Organization (WHO) member countries found those additional years of...

by Technology Networks - Marine worms regenerate lost body parts by dedifferentiating cells, offering insights into natural cell reprogramming. Researchers at the Max Perutz Labs have uncovered how marine worms regenerate lost body segments. The study reveals that...

By Penn Today - Laboratory studies reveal a potentially low-tech intervention to improve personalized cell therapy. A simple dietary supplement may provide a new approach to boost CAR T cell function, according to a study from researchers in Penn’s Perelman School of...

by Julia Evangelou Strait - WashU Medicine - Clinical trial indicates safety, fewer cases of life-threatening graft-versus-host disease than expected Adding a new drug to standard care for stem cell transplant recipients may reduce a life-threatening side effect,...

By University of Copenhagen - Researchers have discovered a mechanism in our cells that is essential to energy production in the muscles. The discovery may lead to new treatment for disorders affecting the muscles, like diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease....

By Silas Inman - Cancer Network News - The ability to undergo an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HCT), the only potentially curative therapy for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), is significantly influenced by socioeconomic factors with...

By Neuroscience News - Researchers have found that a ketogenic diet boosts CAR T cell therapy effectiveness by enhancing tumor control and survival in mice with lymphoma. The key is beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB), a metabolite produced during ketosis, which CAR T cells...

by Dr Rinky Kapoor - Healthcare Radius - Exosomes, which are nanoscale extracellular vesicles derived from mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), encapsulate a diverse array of bioactive molecules, including proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids, that facilitate intercellular...

by Bernice Lottering - Gene Online - Regenerative medicine, as a whole, is in a critical position to transform healthcare and confront several critical challenges that threaten its widespread adoption. High costs, complex development processes, and intricate...

By Benjamin Ferrer - Nutrition Insight - Scientists and physicians with the US-based cancer research and treatment organization City of Hope are presenting new research on high-fiber dietary interventions for bone marrow and stem cell transplant patients at risk for...

By Ayla Ellison, James Waldron - Fierce Biotech - After a promising start to the year, the biotech IPO market picked up steam again late this summer, with notable offerings from companies like Upstream, Septerna and BioAge. But what does this mean for the sector? Is...

By Science Direct - The management of neurological disorders is profoundly complicated by spinal cord injury (SCI), which leads to the impairment of motor and sensory functions. A major challenge in the treatment of SCI is the formation of a dysfunctional pathological...

By Dina Kupfer - CBS News - SACRAMENTO — A landmark clinical trial is underway at UC Davis Health: the world's first spina bifida treatment combining fetal surgery with stem cells. A child taking their first steps marks a major milestone, but for 20-month-old Nixon,...

By Susan Buckles - Mayo Clinic - Mayo Clinic's Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics is collaborating with the biotech firm HepaTx on an experimental therapy to regenerate tissue in patients with late-stage liver disease. This new technology takes mesenchymal stem...

By Technology Networks - A novel CAR T-cell therapy has benefitted patients with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Patients with relapsed or refractory CD19-positive B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who were treated with the novel anti-CD19 chimeric...

By Margarida Maia, PhD - Parkinson's News Today - The first six Parkinson’s disease patients given the investigational stem cell-based therapy TED-A9 in a clinical trial showed safety and an easing in their symptoms over one year of follow-up, the company developing...

By Nadine A Yehya - UCDavis Health - Funding promotes local production of CAR T-cell immunotherapy for cancer patients UC Davis Health’s Stem Cell Program has received a $500,000 grant from California health insurer Health Net to improve cancer patients’ access to...

By Caroline Seydel - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News - Parkinson’s disease is characterized by the loss of dopamine-producing neurons. The current treatment is oral levodopa, which is taken up by brain neurons and converted to dopamine. But levodopa...

By Stem Cells Translational Medicine - Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) hold tremendous potential for regenerative medicine and the treatment of currently incurable diseases. These adult multipotent progenitor cells are essential for tissue regeneration and wound repair...