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Latest notification from Harvard Medical School concerning the COVID-19 Pandemic... Dear Members of the HMS, HSDM and Harvard Chan School Research Communities: Given the COVID-19 pandemic, our shared goal is clear: we must lower the risk of infection within our...

by Erin Hare and Emily Durham A team of researchers from CMU has partnered with Pitt and secured a $22 million DARPA grant to develop a device combining artificial intelligence, bioelectronics, and regenerative medicine to regrow muscle tissue, especially after combat...

Durham, NC – In a new study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM), researchers at the University of California, Davis and the Chinese Academy of Science demonstrate how induced pluripotent stem cells can provide a renewable supply of endothelial...

March 6, 2020 - ISSCR has become aware of recent claims that stem cells can be used to treat people infected with COVID-19. While stem cell research shows promise for numerous diseases and conditions, there currently are no approved stem cell-based approaches for the...

Recognized as a Pioneer in Vascular and Lung Engineering and Biomedical Imaging Humacyte, an innovator in biotechnology and regenerative medicine, announced today that company founder, Laura Niklason, M.D., Ph.D., a world leader in tissue engineering and cellular...

WINSTON-SALEM, NC - March 2, 2020 - Scientists at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) have developed the world's most sophisticated laboratory model of the human body, creating a system of miniaturized organs that can be used to detect harmful...

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,...