FOX IllinoisDOE grants $10.6 million to Illinois to produce more biodiesel, biojet fuelFOX IllinoisROGUE will translate its bioenergy and sustainability discoveries into energycane and Miscanthus using synthetic biology, which applies engineering princ… Continue reading
KUTV 2NewsStem Cell Joint Regeneration for Treating Joint PainKUTV 2NewsVirtually anyone suffering from acute or chronic joint pain, whether it be in the knees, shoulders, etc and from a variety of different causes including arthritis, tendonitis, etc … Continue reading
Gene Therapies Market Report: Details about Current Status, Relative Clinical and Commercial Success, Strategic …Digital JournalThe pipeline for gene therapies is robust; there are 985 in vivo gene therapies, and a further 354 CAR-T cell therapies cu… Continue reading
TESARO Announces Collaboration to Evaluate Combination of ZEJULA® (Niraparib) and Anti-PD-L1 Cancer …GlobeNewswire (press release)“The combination of these two therapies could provide a potential option for patients with advanced bladder cancer, for … Continue reading
Science MagazineNational Science Foundation to close its overseas officesScience Magazine… and explore collaborations. As a pilot project of the new approach, an NSF-led team visited Australia last October to discuss new research avenues in gravitati… Continue reading
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Stem Cell Therapy Improved Duchenne MD Patients’ Heart Disease, Study Shows
Muscular Dystrophy News This potential surfaced in the Phase 1/2 HOPE-Duchenne clinical trial (NCT02485938), which involved a single-dose delivery of the cells directly into patients’ hearts. Researchers reported that CAP-1002 improved Duchenne MD patients’ skeletal-muscle … |
Auburn Citizen |
Blue Sky Science: How can we use stem cells to build tissues and organs?
Auburn Citizen By potency, we mean a cell’s ability to give rise to specialized cells. Some stem cells are more potent than others, but at the very top of the hierarchy are the so-called “pluripotent” stem cells, which can give rise to everything. Self-renewal, on … |
The Scientist |
Stem Cell Implants Improve Monkeys’ Grip After Spinal Cord Injury
The Scientist Glass, who was not involved in the study, notes that the differentiation of stem cells over time is “impressive,” as is their ability to make connections in the monkeys’ central nervous systems, but more work needs to be done to show if the cells can … |