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Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine at the 2018 World Stem Cell Summit
The Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine is a co-organizer of the 2018 World Stem Cell Summit. More than 1,000 attendees are expected at the 13th annual event Jan. 22-26 in Miami, Florida. Researchers and clinical experts from Mayo Clinic will participate in...
California’s Stem Cell Agency Invests in Phase 3 Clinical Trial to Help Kidney Transplant Patients
January 18, 2018 - Oakland, CA Over 650,000 Americans suffer from end-stage kidney disease - a life-threatening condition caused by the loss of kidney function. The best available treatment for these patients is a kidney transplant from a genetically matched, living...
Pioneers of Hope: Patient Advocate Doug Oliver’s Interview of Dr. Francis Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The Regenerative Outcomes Foundation is proud to present the Pioneers of Hope, a series of our founder Doug Oliver’s personal interviews with leading influencers in the Regenerative Medicine movement. These articles are our way of sharing the hope that this...
AgeX CEO Michael D. West to Present in Plenary Session at The World Stem Cell Summit on “Stem Cell Innovations That Will Change the World”
ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AgeX Therapeutics, Inc., a subsidiary of BioTime, Inc. (NYSE American: BTX), today announced that AgeX will present in a Plenary session, “Stem Cell Innovations That Will Change the World – Part 2,” at the World Stem Cell Summit...
NSU to present at World Stem Cell Summit
By Christina Mclaughlin Researchers and faculty members from NSU’s College of Allopathic Medicine (M.D. College) will present their research in the fields of cancer immunotherapy and regenerative medicine at the 2018 World Stem Cell Summit from Jan. 22-26 at the Hyatt...
Society for Regenerative Medicine Manufacturing Formed – Goal is to Speed up New Treatments for Patients
Miami, Fla. – Jan. 4, 2018 -- The inaugural meeting of the newly formed Regenerative Medicine Manufacturing Society will take place on Friday, Jan. 26, in Miami during the World Stem Cell Summit. The society’s goal is to promote the scale-up of regenerative medicine...
Nova Southeastern University Researchers to Present at 2018 World Stem Cell Summit
Scientists from the NSU M.D. College will Discuss -Transformational Approaches to Cancer Immunotherapy and Regenerative Medicine FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. – Leading faculty members from the Nova Southeastern University (NSU) College of Allopathic Medicine (M.D....
World Stem Cell Summit Announces Co-organizing Partners, Visionary Speakers, Agenda And Registration Details
Click Here to Register for WSCS 2018 Finding Cures Via Regenerative Medicine From January 22-26, 2018 in Miami Miami, FL – November 27, 2017 — The 13th World Stem Cell Summit (WSCS) is proud to announce that their upcoming event at the Hyatt Regency Miami, taking...
FDA, Patients, and Providers: A Brand New “Relation-shift.”
By Doug Oliver: I’m very positive about the future role of FDA in ensuring that stem cell and related therapies are safe and effective. And, because of that, I believe now is the appointed time for both patients AND therapy providers to be intentional in helping to...
Committed to Cures: An Interview with RMF’s Bernard Siegel. (courtesy of Future Medicine)
(Interview courtesy of Future Medicine) Bernard Siegel is the Founder and full-time Executive Director of the nonprofit Regenerative Medicine Foundation (FL, USA). He is the Founder and the Co-chair of the World Stem Cell Summit series of global conferences and...
Why we need to modernize Informed Consent
I just spent a week at Wake Forest University Institute for Regenerative Medicine. I enjoyed the experience of being immersed in all things tissue-regeneration, bio-printing, scaffold development, and, especially, the unique collaboration model they have with private...
New York City: a New Hub for Stem Cell Research
On December 2016, Mayor Bill De Blasio announced that the city’s next great industry is biotechnology. A lofty goal grounded in reality and backed with a $500 million funding commitment. Not long after this announcement, in April 2017, I visited New York to witness...
Time for a national registry for all regenerative cell therapies
In December 2015, the Bipartisan Policy Center –a Washington, D.C. nonprofit think-tank– published a seminal paper entitled Advancing Regenerative Cellular Therapy -Medical Innovation Healthier Americans. This Report provided information about the nature of cell...
The World Stem Cell Summit and the power of collaboration
Twelve years ago my nonprofit organization founded an annual conference that evolved into the World Stem Cell Summit. Over time, this event has brought together thousands of thought leaders and stakeholders from around the globe. All came with a shared passion, to...
Stem Cells from the Edge of Space
Stem cells have been lauded for their potential to cure a large array of cell based conditions, from muscular dystrophy to cancer to Parkinson’s Disease. But they have another, lesser known use: as tools for research into how human cells respond to an almost limitless...
When is a cure, a cure?
What happens when a cell-based therapy gets characterized as a "cure"? A Patient’s Answer May Be Surprising. How is using the word “cure” at this stage of our clinical translation of regenerative medicine likely to impact patients the most? I’ve considered these...
The emerging role of pigs in regenerative medicine
Fifty years ago in a bygone era, my assignment was to deliver dozens of Smithfield gift hams at Christmastime in the Richmond suburb of Henrico County, Virginia. My father was a real estate developer embroiled in a challenging fight to rezone property for multi-family...
Announcing the 4th Regenerative Medicine Essentials Course
4th annual Regenerative Medicine Essentials Course June 5 - 9, 2017, Winston-Salem, North Carolina We at Regenerative Medicine Foundation are proud to be partnering with The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) for the fourth annual Regenerative...
A Story For Science: Call to Action, or Currency?
Everybody loves a good story. It doesn’t really matter if it’s true or false or somewhere in between. For stories, the truth is found in the telling - in the narrative. When we hear a story, we’re as much captured by the way it’s told, the meaning behind the...
Stem cell clinics in the legal crosshairs
Columnist Mitchell Hiltzik savaged the La Jolla-based StemGenix Medical Center “The stem cell therapies offered by La Jolla clinic aren’t FDA approved, may not work- and cost $15,000” reads the title of his piece on the LA Times. StemGenix is the subject of a federal...
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