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By Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center February 24, 2020 Link to article Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists have improved upon the 3D bioprinting technique they developed to engineer skeletal muscle as a potential therapy for replacing...

By Robert F. Service - Feb. 17, 2020 , 4:35 PM (ScienceMag.org Link to Article) Normal daily life has come to a virtual standstill in large parts of China as a result of the epidemic of COVID-19—and so has science. Universities across the country remain closed; access...

Durham, NC – A new study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine is the first to illustrate the presence of oxygen-deprived clusters throughout the damaged site of a compressed spinal cord. It is also the first to show how transplanting basic growth factor...

By David A. Pearce February 6, 2020 - StatNews.com Link to Full Article Rogue stem cell clinics continue to victimize hopeful patients seeking cures for cancer, Parkinson’s disease, autism, chronic pain, and more. Most of these treatments are unproven and unsupported...

Durham, NC - Rohan Kulkarni, Ph.D., is named STEM CELLS's Young Investigator of 2019 for his work on the aging process of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). This award fosters advancements in the fields of stem cells and regenerative medicine by honoring a young...

By Mike Moradi, Co-Founder & CEO, Sensulin for World Economic Forum The current market for stem cell therapies is growing at 36% per year and will rapidly expand when a breakthrough treatment for non-communicable disease or a lifestyle factor occurs. Funding is...

Image Caption: The research team (left to right): Jia-Shiuan Tsai, Meng-chieh Lin, Wen-Ting Luo, Hua-Jung Li, Pei-Lin He, Shih-Yin Chen Durham, NC – When it comes to regenerating damaged brain cells, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) induced using an EP4 antagonist are...

Will Hoh, Alan Jakimo and Russ Steward Join H.C. Wainwright as Managing Directors of M&A and Strategic Advisory Services January 12, 2020 06:00 PM Eastern Standard Time NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“HCW” or the “Company”), a leading...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- A molecular switch has the ability to turn on a substance in animals that repairs neurological damage in disorders such as multiple sclerosis (MS), Mayo Clinic researchers discovered. The early research in animal models could advance an already...

Durham, NC – Mohamad Khazaei, Ph.D., scientific associate in Dr. Michael Fehlings’ lab at Krembil Research Institute, Toronto, is the latest recipient of STEM CELLS Translational Medicine’s (SCTM) Young Investigator Award. Launched in 2013, the award fosters...

2020 Honorees include Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Emily Whitehead Foundation, Gift of Life Marrow Registry and Ret. Major General Bernard “Burn” Loeffke (US Military) Miami, FL - January 8, 2019 - The formal ceremony of the 2020 Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine...

A new, safe and efficient way to coax stem cells into bone cells is reported in a recently published article from STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM). DURHAM, N.C. (PRWEB) January 06, 2020 - A new, safe and efficient way to coax stem cells into bone cells is...

Washington, DC - January 2, 2020 - The Regenerative Medicine Foundation (RMF), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of ethical research and patient advocacy for the development of curative medicine utilizing advanced cell and gene therapies,...

He Jiankui’s work was also carried out on a third infant, according to China’s state media, in a new disclosure that is likely to add to the global uproar over such experiments. By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING — A court in China on Monday sentenced He Jiankui, the researcher...

A study published today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine indicates that treating cryptoglandular perianal fistula with autologous adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) is safe and can in fact promote long-term and sustained healing. DURHAM, N.C. (PRWEB)December 30,...

By: Pierre R. Delaere, MD, PhD, and Dirk Van Raemdonck, MD, PhD Figure 2 (top image): Left, nude synthetic trachea: suture lines will never heal, leading to anastomotic breakdown (red circles) with serious complications in the short term. Right, synthetic trachea...

Image Caption: The researchers will take a patient’s own blood cells, and in a lab, convert them into iPS cells capable of becoming any type of cell in the body. The iPS cells are then programmed to become retinal pigment epithelial cells, the type of cell that dies...

The bioprinted tissue combines smooth muscle and cartilage cells Tess Boissonneault December 11, 2019 A team of scientists from the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) in North Carolina has successfully bioprinted a tracheal tissue construct made...

Brain cells derived from the stem cells of multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease patients are on their way up to the International Space Station! Dr. Valentina Fossati, Dr. Scott Noggle, and Jason Stein prepare cells for launch This afternoon, SpaceX flight...