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By Anna Lazarus Caplan - People It was just after his eighth birthday when Hanif Mouehla found himself fighting for his life after being diagnosed with sickle cell disease. Inspired by the care he received, the 17-year-old is now eyeing the pre-med track at Harvard...

by Mrigakshi Dixit - Interesting Engineering Named Lantidra, it's a cellular therapy developed using deceased donor pancreatic cells for the treatment of type 1 diabetes in adults. Therapy suitable for patients with hypoglycemia Type 1 diabetes makes the pancreas...

By Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Engineering T cells to destroy cancer cells has shown success in treating some types of cancer, such as leukemia and lymphoma. However, it hasn’t worked as well for solid tumors. One reason for this lack of success is that the T cells...

By Ax-2 Mission Ax-2 Mission Specialist Ali Alqarni uses the Smarting Pro EEG device aboard the ISS to conduct brain studies. During Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2), the Ax-2 astronauts measured changes in their eyes, blood pressure, blood oxygen, and heart rate levels, as...

By Stem Cells Translational Medicine READ THE JUNE ISSUE Human Clinical Article Cell-Based Drug Development, Screening, and Toxicology Enabling Technologies for Cell-Based Clinical Translations Manufacturing for Regenerative Medicine and more.... Click Here to Read...

By BlueRock Therapeutics Berlin, Germany and Cambridge, M.A., U.S.A., June 28, 2023 – Bayer AG and BlueRock Therapeutics LP, a clinical stage cell therapy company and wholly owned independently operated subsidiary of Bayer AG, today announced positive top-line results...

By Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan -- Animal experimentation may not be a thing of the past just yet, but work on human iPS cell technology may someday grant emancipation for lab mice and other species. Renal proximal tubules play a major role in our kidneys' ability to...

By Paul McClure - New Atlas Researchers have developed a noninvasive method of delivering CRISPR gene editing technology to the brains of mice, knocking out a gene that causes anxiety Anxiety affects many people, and for some, medication doesn’t help. Researchers have...

Photo of iPSCs-derived Motor neurons derived from an ALS patient. Credit: Morimoto et al/Cell Stem Cell By Cell Press - SciTechDaily Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease is a lethal neurological disorder that progressively results in...

By David Cyranoski - New York Times Science is known for rigorous self-policing by the research community, yet it can seem that scientific fraud is rampant. Why do frauds think they can get away with it? The story of Hwang Woo-suk, a South Korean scientist who gained...

By David Jensen - Capitol Weekly Directors of the $12 billion California stem cell agency will face a fundamental question next week that could determine whether its efforts to produce revolutionary treatments for afflictions ranging from heart disease to cancer will...

By Silicon Republic PhD researcher Áine Varley from the University of Galway explains her stem cell research which aims to unlock the secret to immortality in jellyfish-like sea creatures. “As a young child, I was a massive fan of the Horrible Science books written by...

By Sejal Sharma - Interesting Engineering The researchers believe that this therapy could one day be applied to children with fatal brain conditions. Demyelinating diseases, one of the most debilitating diseases in neurology, are caused by damage to the protective...

By Susan Buckles - Mayo Clinic Applying regenerative medicine to a common shoulder surgery could have an impact on the need for follow-up revision surgery in some patients, according to a Mayo Clinic study of real-world evidence. Mayo Clinic researchers analyzed the...

By Brad jones - WGHP News WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — Our state is becoming a hotbed for innovation. One high-profile research program is making headlines after going to a whole new level. Wake Forest University recently hosted the Regenerative Medicine Essentials...

By Christopher Capot. WRAL Tech Wire News RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – ProKidney LLC, a Winston-Salem-based clinical-stage biotechnology company founded in 2015 and targeting chronic kidney disease (CKD) with a proprietary cell therapy, plans to create up to 330 jobs and...

By Elaine Chen - Stat News A new method of heart transplantation that uses machines to reanimate donor hearts from people who have died is just as good as traditional heart transplantation, a new study finds. If adopted broadly in the U.S., the procedure that could...

By WRAL News North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper was recognized June 6 at the 20th annual World Stem Cell Summit in Winston-Salem for his role in developing the life sciences. Cooper received the Regenerative Medicine Action Leadership Award from the Regenerative Medicine...

Bioprinting pioneer and surgeon, Anthony Atala visits Spain to talk about medical research into reconstructing vital organs from their own cells By Javier Arroyo -El Pais Peruvian surgeon, urologist and bioengineer, Anthony Atala, 65, has the perfect credentials for...

By WXLV ABC News Winston-Salem, North Carolina, June 6, 2023 - Today Governor Roy Cooper visited Wake Forest Biotech Place to speak at the World Stem Cell Summit. "The very fact that the World Stem Cell Summit is here in Winston-Salem is a testament to our state's and...