BAR HARBOR, ME (US), May 2021 — Our kidneys are charged with the extraordinary task of filtering about 53 gallons of fluid a day, a process that depends on podocytes, tiny, highly specialized cells in the cluster of blood vessels in the kidney where waste is filtered that ar
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Coverage of the latest news and updates from the field of stem cells and regenerative medicine.
May 13, 2021
STANFORD, CA (US), May 2021 — New research by Joseph Wu, Edgar Engelman and colleagues at Stanford University has advanced an old concept to develop a new strategy to train the immune system of mice to recognize cancer cells.
May 10, 2021
LOS ANGELES, CA (US), May 2021 — A team of researchers from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Cedars-Sinai and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has developed a first-of-its-kind molecular catalog of cells in healthy lungs and the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis.
May 10, 2021
EXETER (UK), May 2021 — Stem cells have the ability to turn into different types of cell.
May 6, 2021
LA JOLLA, CA (US), May 2021 — Despite the prevalence of Alzheimer's, there are still no treatments, in part because it has been challenging to study how the disease develops.
May 3, 2021
HOUSTON, TX (US), May 2021 — A Phase II trial led by researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found that BK virus (BKV)-specific T cells from healthy donors were safe and effective as an off-the-shelf therapy for BKV-associated hemorrhagic cystitis (BKV-HC
May 3, 2021
ZURICH (CH), May 2021 — During the last 30 years, medical and dental research has attracted a large number of scientists and practitioners working on aspects of high medical relevance that involve a combination of genetic and tissue regeneration approaches.
April 29, 2021
MADISON, WI (US), April 2021 — Tens of millions of people worldwide are affected by diseases like macular degeneration or have had accidents that permanently damage the light-sensitive photoreceptors within their retinas that enable vision.
April 28, 2021
LOS ANGELES, CA (US), April 2021 — A one-time injection of an experimental stem cell therapy can repair brain damage and improve memory function in mice with conditions that replicate human strokes and dementia, according to a new study by researchers at the University
April 28, 2021
STANFORD, CA (US), April 2021 — Researchers have determined a way to potentially minimize or eliminate scarring in wounded skin, by further decoding the scar-promoting role of a specific class of dermal fibroblast cells in mice.
