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by Aarhus University - MedicalXpress - For the first time, researchers have discovered and isolated adult stem cells from a non-human primate. This finding could transform the foundation for how we develop stem cell treatments. Stem cell therapy is a relatively new...

By Technology Networks - In a discovery that could reshape approaches to regenerative medicine and bone repair, researchers have found that human stem cells can be prompted to begin turning into bone cells simply by squeezing through narrow spaces. The study suggests...

By - inside Precision Medicine - A new study led by scientists at the University of Cambridge has shown that induced neural stem cell (iNSC) grafts can successfully generate myelin-producing cells in mice with lesions similar to those seen in progressive multiple...

By Lauren C. Williams - Defense One - And as a byproduct, to boost the U.S. biotech industry. The Pentagon is looking for tiny sensors that track the health of biological tissue, part of an effort to help soldiers recover from wounds—and give the U.S. biotech industry...

by Molly Coddington - Technology Networks - CRISPR gene therapy is changing the future of rare genetic disorder treatments. In May, news broke that a 10-month-old baby, KJ Muldoon, was doing well after receiving 3 doses of the world’s first personalized CRISPR...

By Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News - By flipping an evolutionarily disabled genetic switch involved in vitamin A metabolism, researchers headed by a team at the National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, have enabled ear tissue regeneration in...

By Van Andel Institute - Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Institute scientists and collaborators have discovered a potential treatment target that may re-energize dysfunctional or “exhausted” immune cells in their fight against cancer. The target is an immune checkpoint...

By: Charlotte Schubert, Ph.D. - University of Miami Miller School of Medicine - Blood cancer patients who may have previously struggled to find a donor for transplantation now have more options. A new study shows that patients achieve good outcomes with an partial...

By Technology Networks - Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy represents a breakthrough in cancer treatment. By harnessing the body’s immune system, CAR T therapy provides a powerful, personalized treatment option that can be particularly effective for...

by Marisa Wexler - Multiple Sclerosis News Today - A CAR T-cell therapy from Iaso Biotherapeutics was tolerated well and led to marked improvements in disability for three people with progressive forms of multiple sclerosis (MS), according to early data from a Phase 1...

By Christina Elston - Cedars Sinai - Cedars-Sinai’s Lifelike Laboratory Model Is a New Way for Investigators to Study Motor Neurons That Die in Patients With the Neurodegenerative Illness Using stem cells from patients with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis),...

By Alex (Guangyao) Xu - The Japan Times - In a quiet operating room on Kyoto University’s medical campus, a team of researchers slipped a syringe of lab-grown neurons into the brain of a living person. Leading the trial was Jun Takahashi, a neurosurgeon with the kind...

By Nick Paul Taylor - Fierce Biotech - The FDA has stopped new clinical trials that export American citizens’ living cells from the U.S. to “China and other hostile countries for genetic engineering and subsequent infusion” back into American patients. Officials said...

By Alex Philippidis , Fay Lin, PhD and Kevin Davies, PhD - Genetics and Biotechnology News - The reference genome was a “bridge into the future,” but there is still much work that needs significant support. 25 years ago, Francis Collins, MD, PhD, led the international...

By Antonio Pequeño IV - Forbes - Yeztugo, a twice-a-year antiviral shot to prevent HIV, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday, marking a major advance in battling AIDS. Key Facts The drug (which has the generic name lenacapavir) will become...

By Sant Pau Research Institute - SciTechDaily - A new antibody treatment prevents cholesterol buildup in heart mitochondria and restores energy production, offering hope for future heart disease therapies. An international team of researchers has uncovered how...

By Stanford Report - Stanford researchers have developed a faster, more precise way to model and print vascular systems, solving a critical challenge in fabricating transplantable organs from patients’ own cells. There are more than 100,000 people on organ transplant...

By Gina Kolata - New York Times - Most in a small group of patients receiving a stem cell-based infusion no longer needed insulin, but the drug may not suit those with more manageable type 1 diabetes. A single infusion of a stem cell-based treatment may have cured 10...

By Eleanor Garth - Longevity.Technology - Leopoldina issues policy paper urging integration of geroscience into national healthcare and research infrastructure. Germany’s National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina has published a detailed policy paper calling for a...

By The Associated Press - PORTLAND, Ore. — Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia on Monday filed a lawsuit in bankruptcy court seeking to block the sale of personal genetic data by 23andMe without customer consent. The lawsuit comes as a biotechnology...