By carefully harvesting tiny samples of olfactory cleft mucosal tissue and conducting single-cell analysis, a collaborative team led by University of Miami Miller School of Medicine researchers has found compelling evidence to support olfactory neurogenesis, the ability to regrow olfactory neurons to the brain. “For decades, medical researchers have wondered whether or not neurogenesis was
Within the framework of a European funded H2020 project, VANGUARD aims to develop a cure for type 1 diabetes available to a larger group of patients. The VANGUARD project will use advanced tissue engineering techniques to generate a bioartificial pancreas, with the aim to propose a novel cell-based treatment to type 1 diabetes that overcomes
Korean researchers have successfully demonstrated knee cartilage regeneration by using stem cells delivered by a magnet-controlled microrobot, raising hope to broaden a non-invasive procedure for patients who need invasive knee replacement surgery. The new method can also raise stem cell delivery accuracy efficiency by up to 95 percent compared to less than 20 percent in
Bill Gates calls for reducing health care inequities in a AAAS Annual Meeting plenary address. The number of child deaths around the world has declined by half in the past two decades, but that number could be cut even further with the help of artificial intelligence and gene editing tools, said Bill Gates at the
A team of scientists from Purdue University and institutions around the world have come together to better understand the growing number of worldwide patented innovations available for gene therapy treatment. The global gene therapy market is expected to reach $13 billion by 2024 as new treatment options target cancers and other diseases. Now, a team of scientists
In the first clinical study of its kind in the US, researchers used CRISPR to modify CAR T cells to make them more potent against cancer, but the clinical benefits are unknown. mmune cells altered by CRISPR are safe to use in cancer patients, according to results of a clinical trial reported February 6 in Science.
Workshops took place across the country to focus on the pivotal role of advanced therapies apprenticeships in addressing the skills demand in the industry. Apprentices, employers, schools and careers professionals were in attendance to consider the impact of the ATAC initiative so far and how to enhance its reach moving forward. During national apprenticeship week, the
Researchers at Albany Medical College in New York have discovered that a specific type of immune cell accumulates in older brains, and that activating these cells improves the memory of aged mice. The study, which has been published February 5 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM), suggests that targeting these cells might reduce age-related cognitive decline
Researchers from the Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine (ISRM) at the medical faculty of Heinrich Heine University-Duesseldorf under the directorship of Prof. Dr. James Adjaye have developed a protocol for the reproducible isolation and characterization of kidney stem cells, urine derived renal progenitor cells (UdRPCs) from donors of distinct ages, gender and
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) possess several fairly unique properties that, combined, make them ideally suited for cellular-based immunotherapy and as vehicles for gene and drug delivery for a wide range of diseases/disorders. Key among these are: 1) their relative ease of isolation from a variety of tissues; 2) the ability to be expanded in culture
