‘Synthetic’ embryo with brain and beating heart grown from stem cells by Cambridge scientists

by admin | Sep 11, 2022 | news articles

By Sarah Collins and Jacqueline Garget – University of Cambridge Researchers from the University of Cambridge have created model embryos from mouse stem cells that form a brain, a beating heart, and the foundations of all the other organs of the body – a new...

The New York Stem Cell Foundation Mourns the Loss of CEO Susan L. Solomon

by admin | Sep 10, 2022 | press releases

One of the great patient advocates of our time, Susan Solomon, has passed away. Susan was a visionary leader and true force of nature. A diabetes mom, she launched the New York Stem Cell Foundation that has supported cutting edge research and constructed a major...

Personalized Immunotherapy Shows Promise Beyond Cancer

by admin | Sep 9, 2022 | news articles

AUDIO -Science Friday Article CAR T cell therapy, a type of immunotherapy in which a patient’s own immune cells are modified to create a hybrid immune cell that destroys cancer cells, was first developed over a decade ago. Now, researchers are continuing to find...

Creating an “Adult-like” Mature Human Cardiac Tissue

by admin | Sep 8, 2022 | news articles

Model developed by UConn and UCSF researchers to be used for myriad of applications, most notably to evaluate safety and efficacy of drugs on the cardiovascular system By Courtney Chandler – UConn Health Researchers in the Biomedical Engineering Department at...

First U.S. patient receives autologous stem cell therapy to treat dry AMD

by admin | Sep 6, 2022 | press releases

Breaking News in #maculardegeneration! First time in USA! Commencement of a Phase 1/2a clinical safety trial using #IPSC stem cells to treat for advanced dry age-related macular degeneration. NIH and #JohnHopkins surgical team implanted a patch of tissue made from...