July 3, 2018
(CNN) – Following heart attacks, a handful of monkeys regained some of the pumping ability their hearts had lost after being given human embryonic stem cells, according to a study published Monday in Nature Biotechnology. Scientists have tried for years … Read More
June 29, 2018
(MIT Technology Review) – Bioprinting tissue isn’t a new idea. 3-D printers can make human skin, even retinas. Yet the method, so far, has been limited to tissues that are very small or very thin and lack blood vessels. United … Read More
June 28, 2018
(The Globe and Mail) – Researchers behind a made-in-Canada technology for multiplying the number of stem cells that can be derived from donated cord blood say they are ready to move on to the next phase in their effort to … Read More
June 27, 2018
(Wired) – Crack open the door of the incubator at Novoheart’s Hong Kong headquarters and you’ll find about a dozen pea-shaped, pulsating blobs submerged in a warm, salty-sweet broth. They’re 3-D human heart organoids—a simplified, shrunk-down version of the real … Read More
June 27, 2018
(Science Magazine) – The Karolinska Institute (KI) in Stockholm has finally, officially, found disgraced surgeon Paolo Macchiarini guilty of scientific misconduct. Macchiarini was widely hailed as a pioneer in regenerative medicine for his technique of implanting artificial tracheae seeded with … Read More
June 27, 2018
(Australian Broadcasting Co) – There are now more than 50 clinics in Australia offering stem cell treatment through cells derived from the patient’s fat, which is extracted through liposuction. With the patient receiving his or her own cells, the process is … Read More
June 27, 2018
Science as Culture (vol. 27, no. 1, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Research Misconduct in the Age of Open Science: The Case of STAP Stem Cells” by Mianna Meskus, Luca Marelli, and Giuseppe D’Agostino
June 21, 2018
(Science) – It has been 20 years since the first derivation of human embryonic stem cells. That milestone marked the start of a scientific and public fascination with stem cells, not just for their biological properties but also for their … Read More
June 19, 2018
(CNN) – In our human genome, there are many elusive genetic variants related to medical conditions, but the impact of these variants to actually cause a disease has not been conclusively determined — or ruled out. In other words, the … Read More
June 15, 2018
(CBS News) – Doctors at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles are trying something new. They’re collecting the baby’s cord blood at birth to gather stem cells. Then when the child undergoes the second HLHS [hypoplastic left heart syndrome] surgery, “We’re going … Read More
June 15, 2018
(News Medical) – A new study that compared six of the most promising adeno-associated viral (AAV) gene therapy vectors in human retinal organoid models showed clear distinctions in the efficiency of gene transfer to both retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) and … Read More
June 14, 2018
(News Medical) – Now, mathematician Laura Wadkin and colleagues have shown that human embryonic stem cells move by traveling back and forth in a line and have shed light on how the cells interact with each other and their environment. … Read More
June 12, 2018
(Medscape) – Stem cell transplantation research continues to show encouraging benefits in inducing long-term remission of multiple sclerosis (MS), but many are cashing in on the hopes raised by headlines of “game-changing” results, to the detriment of patients as well … Read More
June 5, 2018
(News-Medical) – Stem cell therapy is one of the new-age therapeutic approaches being explored for the treatment of Alzheimer’s. The plaques and tangles in the brain of an Alzheimer’s patient affect two essential proteins: ‘amyloid beta’ and ‘tau’. Due to … Read More
June 1, 2018
(The Verge) – Scientists have 3D printed the thin protective film over the eye, called the cornea, using human cells — and it’s the most advanced version of an artificial cornea yet. Should the technology improve, it could help millions … Read More
June 1, 2018
(STAT News) – The company’s roster of scientific advisers amounts to a who’s who of prominent stem cell experts, leading figures from Harvard and Stanford who are at the forefront of a field trying to turn basic discoveries into medical … Read More
May 31, 2018
(MIT Technology Review) – A trial planning to use the gene-editing tool CRISPR on sickle-cell patients has been put on hold because of unspecified questions from US regulators. CRISPR Therapeutics, which is developing the therapy, sought approval from the US Food … Read More
May 31, 2018
(The Scientist) – Pediatric surgeons at the University of California, San Francisco, have treated a second-trimester fetus with stem cells taken from her mother’s bone marrow. The baby, born in February, was the first patient enrolled in the world’s first … Read More
May 30, 2018
(Nature) – As we report in a News story this week, Japan is set to push ahead with a promising treatment for heart disease that relies on stem cells. It could soon be made available under a fast-track approval system … Read More
May 30, 2018
(Nature) – Scientists in Japan now have permission to treat people who have heart disease with cells produced by a revolutionary reprogramming technique. The study is only the second clinical application of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. These are created … Read More
May 24, 2018
(Nature) – Before a cluster of cells can develop into an embryo, it must first decide which end is up. But that process had never been observed in humans — until now. For the first time, researchers have watched human … Read More
May 18, 2018
(U.S. News & World Report) – Stem cells are packed with possibility. Embryonic or “pluripotent” stem cells have superpowers: They can give rise to various organs or tissue cells, or instead divide and renew themselves. Meanwhile, adult stem cells await … Read More
May 17, 2018
(Wired) – Knoepfler writes a blog about stem cells, and that’s where he surfaced the video on May 9, after an acquaintance tipped him off. He’s sort of a watchdog for the industry. Since 2011, he’s tracked the proliferation of … Read More
May 14, 2018
(Medscape) – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking permanent injunctions to stop two US stem cell clinics from marketing stem cell products without the agency’s approval and for “significant deviations” from current good manufacturing requirements. The actions … Read More
May 11, 2018
(ABC News) – Federal prosecutors in California and Florida sued on Wednesday to stop two companies from providing stem cell treatments, alleging the clinics marketed their procedures as remedies for ailments including cancer and heart disease without proof of safety … Read More
