by admin | Dec 29, 2019 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions
By: Pierre R. Delaere, MD, PhD, and Dirk Van Raemdonck, MD, PhD Figure 2 (top image): Left, nude synthetic trachea: suture lines will never heal, leading to anastomotic breakdown (red circles) with serious complications in the short term. Right, synthetic trachea...
by admin | Dec 16, 2019 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions
Image Caption: The researchers will take a patient’s own blood cells, and in a lab, convert them into iPS cells capable of becoming any type of cell in the body. The iPS cells are then programmed to become retinal pigment epithelial cells, the type of cell that dies...
by admin | Dec 12, 2019 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions
The bioprinted tissue combines smooth muscle and cartilage cells Tess Boissonneault December 11, 2019 A team of scientists from the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) in North Carolina has successfully bioprinted a tracheal tissue construct made...
by admin | Dec 7, 2019 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions
Brain cells derived from the stem cells of multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease patients are on their way up to the International Space Station! Dr. Valentina Fossati, Dr. Scott Noggle, and Jason Stein prepare cells for launch This afternoon, SpaceX flight...
by admin | Dec 6, 2019 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is informing the public, especially patients, health care practitioners, and clinics, of multiple recent reports of serious adverse events experienced by patients in Nebraska who were treated with unapproved products marketed as...
by admin | Dec 5, 2019 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions
Summary, September 2019 Capitol Hill Briefing – It is not enough to just offer opinions about fixing the vexing bottlenecks that constrain regenerative medicine. We also need to advance strong public policy, funding and laws to advance the field and fully...
