CHICAGO, IL (US), June 2019 — Engineered tissues and organs have been grown with various degrees of success in labs for many years.
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Coverage of the latest news and updates from the field of stem cells and regenerative medicine.
June 24, 2019
STANFORD, CA (US), June 2019 — A combination of six antibodies can successfully prepare mice to accept blood and immune stem cells from an immunologically mismatched donor, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
June 24, 2019
OAKLAND, CA (US), June 2019 — The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has approved a grant of almost $12 million to Stephanie Cherqui, Ph.D., at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to conduct a clinical trial for treatment of cystinosis.
June 21, 2019
MADRID (ES), June 2019 — Usually, scientists study the molecular biology of cancer to find new treatments, but sometimes, it is the other way around: When trying to find new treatments, scientists find key information on cancer biology.
June 21, 2019
BOSTON, MA (US), June 2019 — Like airport security barriers that either clear or block travelers and their luggage from central operation areas, the blood-brain-barrier (BBB) tightly controls the transport of essential nutrients and energy metabolites into the brain and staves of
June 17, 2019
ISTANBUL (TR), June 2019 — A recent study published in Nature Chemical Biology has found a method its authors say improves on the Nobel prize-winning cellular reprogramming method developed by Shinya Yamanaka, M.D., Ph.D.
June 14, 2019
HOUSTON, TX (US), June 2019 — Help for patients with sickle cell disease may soon come from gene editing to fix the mutation that causes the disease and boost the patient's own protective fetal hemoglobin.
June 14, 2019
PLYMOUTH (UK), June 2019 — Our brains are notoriously bad at regenerating cells that have been lost through injury or disease.
June 11, 2019
CHICAGO, IL (US), June 2019 — Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Pennsylvania have developed a unique technique that uses stem cells and flexible implantable bone-stabilizing plates to help speed the healing of large breaks or defects.
June 11, 2019
LOS ANGELES, CA (US), June 2019 — Scientists can't make a living copy of your brain outside your body. That's the stuff of science fiction.
