Oxford BioMedica wins second $100 mln gene therapy contractReutersOxford Bio, which listed in London in 1996 after being spun out of research at the University of Oxford, has faced a slow road to profit, mirroring the waxing and waning of the gene ther… Continue reading
Germiston City News |
Stem cell therapy and storage a new healthcare revolution
Germiston City News The GCN spoke to Erna West, the general manager and a product specialist for CryoSave, South Africa’s leading stem cell storage company about the options available to parents regarding storing their baby’s umbilical cord stem cells at birth to help … |
Futurity: Research News |
Fruit fly stem cells offer glimpse of ‘perpetual life’
Futurity: Research News Researchers have discovered that sperm-producing fruit fly stem cells use a genetic trick to stay perpetually young across generations. Certain sections of the fruit fly genome get shorter with age, but, remarkably, some reproductive cells can repair … |
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Immunotherapy boosts the body’s natural defense against cancer …
Pocono Record Your body’s immune system has the ability to differentiate between “normal” cells and those that are “foreign” such as bacteria and virus. This ability to discriminate allows your immune system to destroy foreign invaders but not healthy cells. Your … |