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By Jon LaPook - CBS NEWS - Philadelphia — Soon after KJ Muldoon was born in the summer of 2024, he was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder that is fatal for about half the infants who are born with it. Until now, the only effective long-term treatment for the rare...

by The Francis Crick Institute - Phys.Org - Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have developed a new stem cell model of the mature human amniotic sac, which replicates development of the tissues supporting the embryo from two to four weeks after fertilization....

By Tiffany Yesavag - Genetic Bioengineering & Biotechnology News - Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is an innovative cancer treatment that engineers a patient’s own T cells to target and destroy cancer cells. While the field has sparked significant...

By Paul McClure - News Atlas - In a new study, researchers identified a molecule produced by a particular type of brain cell that reversed the cognitive decline seen in both healthy aging and dementia. It provides a deeper understanding of the aging process and a...

By Kevin McMahon - Healthspan Action Coalition - Join our hosts, Junaid Mian of 1435 Capital Management and Melissa King from the Healthspan Action Coalition for this edition of Healthspan Compass. In this episode, our hosts aim to establish a foundational...

by University of California Los Angeles - Technology Networks - An investigational gene therapy has successfully restored immune function in all nine children treated with the rare and life-threatening immune disorder called severe leukocyte adhesion deficiency-I, or...

Press Release by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist - May 15, 2025 - Dr. Minni Saluja enrolled in the Translational Biotechnology Master of Science program at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine because she was interested in the role regenerative...

By Rachel Tompa - Stanford Medicine - Research led by Stanford Medicine points to the first non-invasive imaging method to visualize senescent cells, which are alive but dormant and play a key role in many diseases. Anyone who’s had a knee or other joint replacement...

By Evan Bush - NBS News - Jack Castelli had it all figured out. The University of Washington doctoral student had spent the past three years developing new gene-editing techniques that could spur immunity to the virus that causes AIDS. Early testing in mice showed...

By Meagan Raeke - Penn Medicine News - PHILADELPHIA – A next-generation “armored” CAR T cell therapy showed promising results in a small study of patients whose B-cell lymphomas continued to resist multiple rounds of other cancer treatments, including commercially...

by Isabella Backman - Yale School of Medicine - Yale researchers have built a 3D-bioprinted synthetic aorta that they have successfully implanted into rats. This technology could advance the treatment of cardiovascular diseases such as coronary artery disease or...

By Brian Buntz - Drug Discovery & Development - Emory University stem-cell biologist Chunhui Xu is looking to space for a new way to mend damaged hearts on Earth. Her team is using the International Space Station (ISS) National Lab to test if the near-weightless...

The month of May is designated "Huntington's Disease Awareness Month". The proclamation was made in 1992 by President George H.W. Bush. This is time dedicated to raising awareness about the condition, supporting families impacted by it, and promoting research towards...

By Ioana Patringenaru - UC San Diego Today - Researchers have developed a new therapy that can be injected intravenously right after a heart attack to promote healing and prevent heart failure. The therapy both prompts the immune system to encourage tissue repair and...

By Japan Forward - The day when regenerative medicine using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) will be used in real-world treatments is fast approaching. For Japan to become a world leader in the field of iPS cell technologies, the government should strengthen...

by Christina Elston - Cedars Sinai - Cedars-Sinai Scientist Explains How She Created Cells the Immune System Doesn’t See, Forging a Possible Future Solution to Organ Rejection in Transplant Patients Cedars-Sinai is a leading transplant center, with patient outcomes...

By The ISS National Laboratory - NASA Funds Continuation of ISS National Lab-Sponsored Brain Cell Studies From NSCF Millions of Americans live with Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis (MS), and Alzheimer’s—neurodegenerative diseases with no cure and no significant...

by Linda Wang - Phys.org - by Linda Wang, University of California, Los Angeles Plant breeding plays a vital role in ensuring global food security by increasing crop yields, improving nutritional quality and creating crops that are adaptable to climate change....

By Jessica Cordes - Clinical Leader - Advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs), including cell and gene therapies, have the potential to transform treatment paradigms across oncology, immunology, and rare diseases and are expanding into new indications. Yet these...

By Zach Winn | MIT News - Founded by MIT researchers, Senti Bio is giving immune cells the ability to distinguish between healthy and cancerous cells. One of the most exciting developments in cancer treatment is a wave of new cell therapies that train a patient’s...