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Image caption: Clinical trials funded by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) includes work on so-called induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells), which are depicted here. (Courtesy of California Institute for Regenerative Medicine) Promising...

September 13, 2019 - Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center - Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine scientists have fine-tuned their delivery system to deliver a DNA editing tool to alter DNA sequences and modify gene function. The improved "hit and run" system...

Dear Colleagues, For 16 years, I have been engaged in creating trans-disciplinary conferences aimed at advancing regenerative medicine, stem cell research and advanced therapies. The overarching mission is to improve health and deliver cures. We all know that this is...

September 19th 12pm – 1:30pm ET (lunch will be served) at 902 Hart Senate Office Building Regenerative cellular therapies represent the next generation of groundbreaking treatments that are showing great promise in cardiology, neurology, oncology, orthopedics,...

DURHAM, N.C. (PRWEB)September 10, 2019 - A new study released today in STEM CELLS demonstrates that mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) expanded from adipose tissue (ASC) outperform those expanded from bone marrow (BM-MSCs). Importantly, while several previous studies...

Today (9/11), I am entering my 8th decade! I’m remembering snippets from the lyrics from the old Simon and Garfunkel song “Old Friends”: “Old Friends. Old Friends. Sat on the park bench like bookends… Preserve your memories. They’re all that’s left you…How terribly...

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Durham, NC – Results of a phase II clinical trial released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM) indicate that a limbal stem cell (LSC) transplantation is superior to a tissue graft in treating limbal stem cell deficiency syndrome (LSCD). This could result...

Stemell sold stem cell products without required FDA approval The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned Stemell, Inc. (Stemell), of San Juan Capistrano, California, and its president and Chief Executive Officer, Peyman Taeidi, Ph.D., for manufacturing and...

Image Caption: The transparent cornea protects the eye from damage. Image Credit: Ralph C. Eagle Jnr/Science Photo Library The Japanese woman’s vision has improved since the transplant, say her doctors. By: David Cyranoski - Nature.com A Japanese woman in her forties...

Clinics claim that expensive stem cell therapies can help patients with dementia, autism, multiple sclerosis and even cerebral palsy - and crowdfunding campaigns to pay for the treatments are increasingly common. But are the patients and the donors being misled about...

Washington, D.C. – August 27, 2019 - The Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM), the international advocacy organization representing the cell and gene therapy and broader regenerative medicine sector, today released a Therapeutic Developers’ Statement of...

Image caption: In a multi-institutional research project, UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers have teamed up to create a human cell model of type 1 diabetes that includes a vascularized human pancreatic islet in a dish. Pictured are blood vessels in green and...

Above: Vic Nole, executive director of the Life Sciences Incubator. Mayo Clinic’s Life Sciences Incubator, UNF’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, “a powerful addition” to the city. by: Katie Garwood - Jacksonville Daily Record In the six years since Jim...

Construction began on the Discovery and Innovation Building in 2017. By Katie Garwood - Jacksonville Daily Record Mayo Clinic opened its $32.4 million Discovery and Innovation Building on Thursday. The  75,000-square-foot building houses the Life Sciences Incubator...

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has awarded a $4.96 million grant to Sanford Burnham Prebys Professor Evan Y. Snyder, M.D., Ph.D. The funding will allow Snyder to complete pre-investigational new drug (IND)-enabling studies, a step toward...

The country’s researchers are racing to grow replacement organs for humans in animals. By Adam Minter - Bloomberg News Recently, a Chinese startup named Qihan Biotech raised $20 million to develop replacement organs for humans. The smallish deal would hardly have...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – The International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory is embarking upon a multi-year research alliance with the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine (MIRM) at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) to push the limits of...

Durham, NC – A study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine provides compelling evidence of how an injection of human amniotic fluid stem cells can be used to protect the spinal cord of a fetus from myelomeningocele  (MMC). The finding could lead to a new...