News and Press Releases

By Christina Elston - Cedars Sinai - Astronaut Peggy Whitson, PhD, has spent more time in space than any astronaut in America. She recently visited Cedars-Sinai as part of its Regenerative Medicine Seminar Series. Whitson, a biochemist with more than 38 years of space...

By Frankie Fattorini - Clinical Trials Arena - Clinical and commercial quality controls are eased as the FDA looks to expedite therapy approvals in areas of unmet need. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced increased flexibility for cell and gene...

By ScienceDaily - A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this process possible. Among the discoveries is PEDS1, a gene now linked to a previously unknown neurodevelopmental disorder in...

By Drug Target Review - Researchers have shown that applying magnetic forces to lab-grown human heart organoids enhances their maturation and vascular development, offering a more realistic model of early heart formation and the possibility of future cardiac...

By HealthDay - US NEWS - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) said that it will stop funding all research that uses human fetal tissue, ending support for studies both inside and outside the agency. In a statement, the NIH said it will no longer fund “grants,...

By David A. Sinclair - LinkedIn - The discovery of how to safely reset cells is major focus of several well-funded startups backed by tech executives including Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman and Brian Armstrong. In 2024, Life Biosciences reported the successful restoration of...

By American Parkinson's Association - Two new therapies are entering the final stages of clinical trials before potential FDA approval. One is a novel dopamine-based therapy for motor symptom management, and the other is a stem cell therapy poised to replace the lost...

By University of British Columbia - For the first time, researchers at UBC have demonstrated how to reliably produce an important type of human immune cell — known as helper T cells — from stem cells in a controlled laboratory setting. The findings, published today in...

By Mental Health - Every year, millions of lives are suddenly, swiftly transformed by a stroke, which occurs when a blood vessel travelling towards the brain becomes obstructed, causing neurons to die off. Strokes are among the leading causes of disability in adults,...

By Nicoletta Lanese - LiveScience - A new mRNA treatment rejuvenates key immune cells in the body, which could help them fight off infections and cancer, a mouse study suggests. T cells help train other immune cells to fight off disease. But as the body ages, the...