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By Joanna Bridger and Emmanouil Karteris - The Conversation Space is a hostile, extreme environment. It’s only a matter of time before ordinary people are exposed to this environment, either by engaging in space tourism or by joining self-sustaining colonies far away...

BREAKING NEWS! This just in, promising research for understanding human #neuropsychiatric disorders, as reported in the MIT Technology Review: "Human #neurons transplanted into a rat’s brain continue to grow, forming connections with the animals’ own brain cells and...

by University of New South Wales - Phys.org image: The microfluidic device that emulated an embryo's heartbeat and blood circulation. The cell seeding channels are indicated by red food dye, while the heart ventricular contraction control channels and circulation...

by Yu-Jin Kim, Sang Ho Lee, Jisoo Im, Jihun Song, Han Young Kim & Suk Ho Bhang - Communications Biology Abstract Conditioned medium (CM) contains various therapeutic molecules produced by cells. However, the low concentration of therapeutic molecules in CM is a major...

By Jarrett Renshaw - Reuters The White House released new details on Wednesday on how it plans to invest more than $2 billion in the U.S. biotechnology sector as it hosts a meeting of government leaders to discuss the emerging industry. President Joe Biden on Monday...

Brian Cummings, UCI professor of physical medicine & rehabilitation and founding member of the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, has received a five-year, $2.7 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to establish a training...

  By Ku Leuven Professor Vincent Pasque and his team at KU Leuven have generated a new type of human cell in the lab using stem cells. The cells closely resemble their natural counterparts in early human embryos. As a result, researchers can now better study what...

This collaborative event featured luminaries from across the longevity spectrum. by Arkadi Mazin - lifespan.io It was all about collaboration: maybe not a lot of shiny new discoveries and unpublished data, but Longevity Summit Dublin 2022 brought together researchers,...

By Netherlands Cancer Institute A patient's own immune cells, expanded into an army of billions of immune cells in a specialized laboratory, can be used as a living drug against metastatic melanoma, an aggressive type of skin cancer, as the TIL trial has shown. The...

By Cedars Sinai Cedars-Sinai Investigators Confirm Safety of a Novel Therapy Targeting Motor Neurons That Die in Patients With ALS Cedars-Sinai investigators have developed an investigational therapy using support cells and a protective protein that can be delivered...

The Francis Crick Institute Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have identified a group of latent stem cells that respond to injury in the central nervous system of mice. If a similar type of cell exists in humans, they could offer a new therapeutic approach to...

By University of Cambridge A drug typically used to treat enlarged prostates and high blood pressure has shown promise as a potential new therapy for motor neuron disease, according to a new study. Motor neuron disease (MND) is a group of rare diseases that destroy...

Web portal marks new phase in the iPSC Neurodegenerative Disease Initiative by Lindsey Shapiro, PhD - ALS News Today A number of stem cell lines developed to better understand how certain genetic factors might contribute to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and...

By The Science Advisory Board staff writers August 16, 2022 -- The Mayo Clinic and biotech company National Resilience have announced a strategic collaboration in biomanufacturing to deliver novel biotherapeutics for rare and complex conditions, with a focus on...

By Helen Ford - Health Correspondent, ITV News Tyne Tees A young patient from County Durham is the first in Europe to take part in a new trial to discover whether stem cell treatment can improve recovery from strokes. Harrison Kingsley, 28, suffered a serious stroke...

By Michael Hiltzik | Business Columnist | Los Angeles Times A federal judge in Riverside declared a California stem cell treatment firm to be exempt from Food and Drug Administration regulations, opening the door to the further proliferation of clinics offering...

by University of British Columbia A University of British Columbia research team has developed a new, fast, efficient process for producing cancer-fighting immune cells in the lab. The discovery could help transform the field of immune cell therapy from an expensive,...

Shingles infection may activate dormant neurological herpes viruses, causing inflammation and accumulation of Alzheimer’s associated proteins in the brain by Mike Silver  - TuftsNow Alzheimer’s disease can begin almost imperceptibly, often masquerading in the early...

by Tyler Patchen and Kyle LaHucik - EndpointsNews Above image caption:  Chaim Lebovits, BrainStorm CEO After a rare public rejection from the FDA last year, BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics is headed back to the regulator with what it claims is a “correction” to Phase III...