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Stem Cell Subset Source of All Blood Cells, Basis of Bone Marrow Transplant Success – Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

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2017-11-02 NEWS

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Stem Cell Subset Source of All Blood Cells, Basis of Bone Marrow Transplant Success
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
A new blood system isn’t created from scratch—just something close to it. A single type of stem cell, a new study demonstrates, can fully repopulate the bone marrow and give rise to all the cell lineages that constitute a complete blood system.
Production of nitric oxide crucial for stem cell mobilization and differentiationNews-Medical.net
Subset of Stem Cells Identified as Source for All Cells in Blood and Immune SystemsBioscience Technology
Scientists discover stem cells behind bone marrow transplants, pointing the way to new cancer treatmentsGears Of Biz

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2017-11-02 NEWS

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Gene therapy may protect brain from age-related cognitive decline
Medical News Today
The study’s findings are significant because they are the first to show that injecting one dose of Klotho-promoting gene therapy into the central nervous system (CNS) of young mice prevented age-related cognitive decline when they reached old age.

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AvidBiotics split creates two biotechs in hot areas
BioPharma Dive
Last month, following a patient death, the Food and Drug Administration put a clinical hold on two Phase 1 studies of Cellectis’ gene-edited allogeneic CART therapy, UCART123, in acute myeloid leukemia and blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm.

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