Robot Finger’s Living Skin Stretches, Heals Like the Real Thing
Scientists hope this injectable stem cell gel can repair heart attack damage and avoid transplants
An injectible stem cell gel could repair damage done by heart attacks. – Copyright Canva https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/06/10/scientists-hope-this-injectable-stem-cell-gel-can-repair-heart-attack-damage-and-avoid-tra
The first US trial to release GMO mosquitoes just ended. Here’s how it went.
REGENERATION OF HUMAN LIMBS AND ORGANS – SCIENCE FACT OR SCIENCE FICTION?
The humble axolotl https://www.metastellar.com/2022/02/28/regeneration-of-human-limbs-and-organs-science-fact-or-science-fiction/
Real Life ‘Jurassic Park’? Scientists Work to Bring Back Extinct Thylacine
The last thylacine was captured in Australia’s Florentine Valley in 1933 and transferred to that country’s Hobart Zoo. On Sept. 7, 1936, the animal — known as Benjamin — died […]
Coldplay Backed Cultured Meat Startup SCiFi Foods Raises $29 Million; Taps Former Impossible Foods Exec As New Board Member
SCiFi Foods, cofounded by Joshua March (left) and Kasia Gora PhD. (right), promises to make cultured … [+] MATTHIEU COUTURIER https://www.forbes.com/sites/douglasyu/2022/06/08/coldplay-backed-cultured-meat-startup-scifi-foods-raises-29-million-taps-former-impossible-foods-exec-as-new-board-member/?sh=55cfe1e43cf8
Protein Discovery Reinvigorates Promising New Therapeutic
3D-Printed Ear is Made and Transplanted From Patient’s Living Cells
Alexa’s ear before the transplant (left) and the results 30 days after the procedure (right); Microtia-Congenital Ear Institute and 3DBio Therapeutics https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/3d-printed-ear-is-made-and-transplanted-from-patients-living-cells/
Will CRISPR/Cas9 be the Catalyst that Revolutionizes Human Health?
Teaching Old Cells New Tricks: Insights Into Molecular-Level Aging
C. elegans with a ribosomal protein glowing red and muscle fibers glowing green. Credit: Hannah Somers, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory. https://biobeat.nigms.nih.gov/2020/12/teaching-old-cells-new-tricks-insights-into-molecular-level-aging/#more-8857
Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
Credit: Shutterstock https://regenexx.com/blog/a-new-look-at-medical-stat-street-cred-that-every-physician-should-know/
The synthetic artificial stem cell (SASC): Shifting the paradigm of cell therapy in regenerative engineering
Rejuvenating human beings: the rise of cellular reprogramming
‘Mind-boggling’ scrambled genome found in octopus and squid. It could explain their smarts.
A Caribbean reef octopus (Octopus briareus) hunting at night at a coral reef in Curaçao. (Image credit: Wild Horizons/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) https://www.livescience.com/squid-octopus-genome-brains
When stem cells grow old: phenotypes and mechanisms of stem cell aging
The molecular effects of caloric restriction. Caloric restriction causes reduced levels of insulin, IGF and amino acids, and increased levels of NAD+ and AMP. These changes are sensed by the […]
What is Stromal Vascular Fraction or SVF?
SVF or stromal vascular fraction production methods. Knoepfler image. https://ipscell.com/2019/07/what-exactly-is-stromal-vascular-fraction-svf/?utm_source=wysija&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nichenews
DNA repair may protect most smokers from lung cancer
New research helps shed light on why most smokers do not develop lung cancer. Photodisc/Getty Images https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/dna-repair-may-protect-most-smokers-from-lung-cancer
The impossibility of medicating health and longevity, By Mukaila Kareem
We just cannot medicate health by avoiding physical activity and eating all we want, when we want. https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/523711-the-impossibility-of-medicating-health-and-longevity-by-mukaila-kareem.html
Identification of New Rare Genetic Mutation Provides Answers for Families
Patients with the disorder have a wide range of intellectual disability—in some it is mild, in others it much more severe, with a poorer quality of life. Image is in […]
Research Shows Stem Cells Might Become a Game Changer for Multiple Sclerosis
Stem cells: What they are and what they do
Stem cells: The body’s master cells https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/bone-marrow-transplant/in-depth/stem-cells/art-20048117
Fact-checking troubling R3 Stem Cell clinic chain
David Greene, leader of R3 Stem Cell in promotional material. https://ipscell.com/2022/06/fact-checking-troubling-r3-stem-cell-clinic-chain/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=new-post-from-the-niche_11
Researchers pioneer technology that leads successful clinical trial to treat dry eye disease
A team led by Hironmoy Das, Ph.D., from the TTUHSC Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy recently completed a clinical trial using corneal epithelial stem cells to improve outcomes for […]
Promising new approach to rebuild bone tissue
Yiwen Chen, the team’s scaffold, and Marta Cerruti. https://www.lightsource.ca/public/news/2021-22-q4-jan-march/promising-new-approach-to-rebuild-bone-tissue.php
Ketogenic diet helps mouse muscle stem cells survive stress, Stanford-led study says
Feeding mice a ketogenic diet, which is high in fats and low in carbohydrates, causes their muscle stem cells to be more resistant to stress, but it also slows muscle […]
UNC researchers identify seventh and eighth bases of DNA by Staff Writers
The finding could have important implications for stem cell research, as it could provide researchers with new tools to erase previous methylation patterns to reprogram adult cells. It could also […]
Stem Cell Companies Find Gratifying Niches
Above. ViaCyte, a clinical-stage regenerative medicine company, develops cell replacement therapies that deploy pluripotent stem cells via cell encapsulation and implantation devices. The company’s first…more https://www.genengnews.com/topics/drug-discovery/stem-cell-companies-find-gratifying-niches/
New part of the body found hiding in the lungs
Researchers have discovered a new never-before-seen cell in the human lungs, which plays a vital role in the functioning of the respiratory system. (Image credit: Shutterstock) https://www.livescience.com/new-body-cell-discovered-in-lungs
Fact-checking VSEL stem cells & supposed ‘VSEL treatment’
Annotated figure as an example of VSEL paper issues raised by Dr. Bik on her blog. The cells shown are supposed to be VSELs https://ipscell.com/2022/06/fact-checking-vsel-stem-cells-supposed-vsel-treatment/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=new-post-from-the-niche_11
New Lab Research Doesn’t Help Improve Prolotherapy
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SURPRISE, SURPRISE: THE FDA IS LOSING BIG TIME THE WAR AGAINST UNREGULATED STEM CELL CLINICS
This Key Protein Is Essential for Brain Cell Longevity and Growth
Recent research finds that the insulin receptor protein (INSR) is pivotal for brain stem cell longevity and growth. https://scitechdaily.com/this-key-protein-is-essential-for-brain-cell-longevity-and-growth/
STEM CELL THERAPY FOR ARTHRITIS: TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE?
Cheating death via regenerative medicine or stem cells?
Cheating death with cell therapies or other regenerative approaches? https://ipscell.com/2022/06/cheating-death-via-regenerative-medicine-or-stem-cells/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=new-post-from-the-niche_11
SAD UPDATE ON THE CELL SURGICAL NETWORK STEM CELL CASE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS: RIP DR. MARK BERMAN
Muscle stem cell technology a prelude to new muscular dystrophy therapeutics
Isolation and characterization of iMyoblasts. (A) Schematic of a three-stage transgene-free iPSC induction, iMyoblast reserve cell isolation, and iMyotube differentiation protocol. Images of S2 cells and iMyoblasts…more Credit: eLife (2022). […]
Fibroblast Cell Therapy Shows Early Promise in MS Patients
Researchers unravel role of cohesins in embryonic stem cell division
In a new study, Chung-Ang University researchers show for the first time how specific cohesin complexes involved in meiotic cell division affect chromosome structure and function in mitotic cell division. […]