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Early trials show signaling cells eliminate the virus, calm the immune response and repair tissue damage. By Kevin Kimberlin - Wall Street Journal More than 500 clinical trials are under way world-wide in the race to find an effective treatment for Covid-19. Everybody...

Durham, NC – A new study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine shows promise of a major breakthrough in healing chronic foot ulcers resulting from diabetes. The study, by researchers at the University of California, Davis, is the first to demonstrate how...

Durham, NC – A new platform reported on today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM) will enable long-term tracking of cardiomyocytes produced from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) after implantation into the heart. This non-invasive strategy, created by...

Researchers will use 'mini lungs in a dish' to test promising drug candidates Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute has received an award from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to advance promising drug candidates for COVID-19. The...

PITTSBURGH – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has renewed a five-year grant for $5 million for the Alliance for Regenerative Rehabilitation and Training (AR3T) to continue its work expanding  scientific knowledge, expertise and methodologies focused on science...

BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Akron Biotechnology, which develops and manufactures cGMP-compliant cytokines and other ancillary materials to enable cell and gene therapy development and commercialization, today announced that it has submitted Type II Drug Master...

Study published in Nature Communications By University of Miami Health System, Miller School of Medicine  - Contact patient services Miami, FL - July 8, 2020 — (Newswise) Scientists focused on finding better treatments or cures for types 1 or 2 diabetes are painfully...

Durham, NC – Results of a clinical trial released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine indicates that breast augmentation in patients treated with fat grafts enriched with autologous adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) had significantly superior results compared...

Inhibiting a single gene converts many cell types directly into dopamine-producing neurons June 24, 2020  |  Heather Buschman, PhD Xiang-Dong Fu, PhD, has never been more excited about something in his entire career. He has long studied the basic biology of RNA, a...

California Voters Have Opportunity to Advance Treatments and Cures that Could Save and Improve Lives, While Helping Create Jobs and Stimulate State Economy   June 22, 2020 PALO ALTO, CA — Californians for Stem Cell Research, Treatments & Cures announced today...

The shift, quietly disclosed on a government website, highlights how the Trump administration is favoring development of vaccines over treatments for the sickest patients. By Katie Thomas - June 19, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET - Link to The New York Times article When the...

Durham, NC – Results of a study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM) may point the way to a cure for a serious lung disease called silicosis that affects millions of workers worldwide. Silicosis results from years of breathing in dust...

Artificial structures developed the rudimentary components of a heart and nervous system. By David Cyranoski Scientists in Europe have created embryo-like structures that mimic a crucial yet enigmatic stage of human development. The structures, created from stem cells...

Durham, NC – In the search for a cure for Alzheimer's disease, mesenchymal stem cells and their derived extracellular vesicles (MSC-EVs) offer much promise, thanks to their protective and anti-inflammatory properties. The results from a new study done on mice,...

Washington, DC (June 3, 2020) – A new systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical studies using mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) led by a team at the Mayo Clinic, and including researchers from Emory, Duke, Case-Western, and the University of Miami, shows a trend...

Durham, NC – In a study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM), a team led by researchers at the Eugenia Menni Research Centre (CREM) in Brescia, Italy, show for the first time how stem cells collected from human amniotic membrane (one of the two...

Children with autism without intellectual disability may benefit, but more research is needed DURHAM, N.C. -- In a recent study, Duke researchers tested whether a single infusion of a unit of a child’s own or donor cord blood could improve social communication skills...

Photo caption, "A more enriched adipose-derived stem cells-constituent extract (ADSC-CE) with stem cell proteins is obtained by disruption of the ADSC membrane using a low frequency of ultrasound wave." Durham, NC – The results of a clinical trial released today in...