Boosting stem cell activity can enhance immunotherapy benefits
Samir N. Khleif, MD https://lombardi.georgetown.edu/news-release/boosting-stem-cell-activity-can-enhance-immunotherapy-benefits/
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Your own stem cells can grow missing bones
IMAGE: A NEW, GROUNDBREAKING STUDY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN (UIB) SHOWS THAT A PATIENTS’ OWN STEM CELLS CAN BE USED TO GROW NEW BONE. THIS CAN POTENTIALLY HELP MILLIONS […]
Ways to cash in on regenerative medicine
https://www.afr.com/wealth/personal-finance/ways-to-cash-in-on-regenerative-medicine-20201023-p5681h
Looking to the Future of Cell and Gene Therapies
Antiabortion groups say they stand behind Trump’s use of a drug tested on cells derived from an aborted fetus because the president ‘was not involved with that abortion’
© NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/anti-abortion-groups-say-they-stand-behind-trump-s-use-of-a-drug-tested-on-cells-derived-from-an-aborted-fetus-because-the-president-was-not-involved-with-that-abortion/ar-BB19SkGB
Stem Cells: Test Your Knowledge
Coupling antibiotics with stem cells to fight off bone infections
IMAGE: PROTOCOL FOR IMPLANT-RELATED INFECTION MODEL ESTABLISHMENT IN RATS. view more CREDIT: KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-10/ku-caw100120.php
Stem cells offer new glimpse at how the placenta emerges—and how the fetus-sustaining organ can fail
The outer layer of cells (thin ring above) in a several-days-old human embryo goes on to form the placenta. ANDY WALKER/MIDLAND FERTILITY SERVICES/SCIENCE SOURCE https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/stem-cells-offer-new-glimpse-how-placenta-emerges-and-how-fetus-sustaining-organ-can
3-D bioprinting constructs for cartilage regeneration
Schematic presentation of the study design and scaffold construction. (A) Schematic Illustration of the study design with 3D bioprinted dual-factor releasing and gradient-structured…more Credit: Science Advances, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aay1422 https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-09-d-bioprinting-cartilage-regeneration.html
Artificial cells drive neural differentiation
Next-gen organoids grow and function like real tissues
Fluorescence image of a mini-gut with characteristic crypts containing labeled stem cells (red). Credit: M. Nikolaev, Lutolf Lab (EPFL) https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-09-next-gen-organoids-function-real-tissues.html
New U.S. ethics board rejects most human fetal tissue research proposals
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar (foregound) is carrying out the new fetal tissue policy developed by President Donald Trump’s administration. AP PHOTO/PATRICK SEMANSKY https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/08/new-us-ethics-board-rejects-most-human-fetal-tissue-research-proposals
Researchers find a way to help stem cells work for the heart
This illustration shows how an sEH inhibitor plus stem cell treatment could improve heart function following a heart attack. Credit: UC Regents/UC Davis Health/Zina Deretsky https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-09-stem-cells-heart.html
Why hacking the nervous system could be the next big medical treatment
Bodybuilding supplement promotes healthy aging and extends life span, at least in mice
Female mice that ate alpha-ketoglutarate (left) next to control mice. A. A. SHAHMIRZADI ET. AL., CELL METABOLISM (2020) 10.1016 https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/bodybuilding-supplement-promotes-healthy-aging-and-extends-life-span-least-mice
Effective cancer immunotherapy further linked to regulating a cell ‘suicide’ gene
Credit: CC0 Public Domain https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-09-effective-cancer-immunotherapy-linked-cell.html
Study identifies stem cell that gives rise to new bone, cartlidge in humans
Lizards’ immune systems are not only for fighting germs, but also for regrowing severed tails
Credit: Thomas Lozito https://phys.org/news/2020-07-lizards-immune-germs-regrowing-severed.html
Are Scientists Close to Discovering a Way to Delay Aging?
(Photo : Pixabay) https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/26562/20200722/scientists-close-discovering-way-delay-aging.htm
Forget bulging muscles; strength is all about nerves
Researchers with the Institute of Neuroscience at Newcastle University decided to teach two female macaque monkeys to lift weights, and the researchers watched what happened to their nerves. Photograph: iStock […]
Personalized Nutrition: The Latest on DNA-Based Diets
Credit: David Malan Getty Images https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/personalized-nutrition-the-latest-on-dna-based-diets/
Accidental discovery leads to Parkinson’s disease cure in mice
Left: mouse astrocytes (green) before reprogramming; Right: neurons (red) induced from mouse astrocytes after reprogramming with PTB antisense oligonucleotide treatment. (Image credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences) https://www.studyfinds.org/accidental-discovery-leads-to-parkinsons-disease-cure-in-mice/
Improving the safety of human pluripotent stem cell therapies using genome-edited orthogonal safeguards
Gene therapy appears to reduce sickle cell disease-related complications
LentiGlobin gene therapy led to reductions in sickle cell disease-related complications https://www.healio.com/hematology-oncology/hematology/news/online/%7B13a49aff-6bdd-459e-8940-56c082c61944%7D/gene-therapy-appears-to-reduce-sickle-cell-disease-related-complications
More selective elimination of leukemic and hematopoietic stem cells
Novel immunotherapy against leukaemia: Genetically modified immune cells (white) attack the cancer cells (orange). Credit: iStock/wildpixel https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-leukemia-stem-cells-blood.html
Finding Genetic Ripple Effects In A Single-Cell Environment
Credit: Cincinnati Children’s https://scienmag.com/finding-genetic-ripple-effects-in-a-single-cell-environment/
Liyna Anwar, 30, dies; Publicized iniquities in stem cell registry
TURN BACK TIME: ONE TYPE OF EXERCISE “REVERSES” AGING’S EFFECT ON STEM CELLS — STUDY
Aging takes a toll on your muscle tissue. Researchers discover one type of activity puts this process in reverse. https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/exercise-can-rejuvenate-stem-cells
What’s the best COVID-19 treatment? Science – *real* science – will tell us
Erlenmeyer Laboratory Chemistry Science Flasks, from http://maxpixel.freegreatpicture.com/Erlenmeyer-Laboratory-Chemistry-Science-Flasks-606611 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/janetheactuary/2020/04/whats-the-best-covid-19-treatment-science-real-science-will-tell-us.html
Reconstructing the Clock of Human Development
Could stem cells be enlisted to battle COVID-19?
MERS-Coronavirus particle, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases https://www.signalsblog.ca/could-stem-cells-be-enlisted-to-battle-covid-19/
‘Primitive’ stem cells shown to regenerate blood vessels in the eye
Human vascular progenitor cells (green), made from Zambidis’ lab-grown naive stem cells, engraft into blood vessels (red) in a mouse retina. Credit: Elias Zambidis, Johns Hopkins Medicine https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-03-primitive-stem-cells-shown-regenerate.html
An atlas of the protein-coding genes in the human, pig, and mouse brain
Neuroscientist Shows What Fasting Does To Your Brain & Why Big Pharma Won’t Study It
DNA Databases Are Boon to Police But Menace to Privacy, Critics Say
Sales of direct-to-consumer DNA testing kits have boomed in recent years. Big industry players such as 23andMe support legislation that would limit law enforcement searches of their databases. Eric Baradat/AFP […]
a deep dive into cellular aging
Direct Biologics, Exosomes, IRB Approval, and Paisleys?
First release of genetically engineered moth could herald new era of crop protection
Credit: CC0 Public Domain https://phys.org/news/2020-01-genetically-moth-herald-era-crop.html
Discoveries detail role of stem cell in deadly gastric cancer
The image shows organoids (miniature, simplified versions of an organ) used to study gastric SCJ cancer. A mutant organoid with inactive tumor suppressor genes, right, grows faster than the normal […]
