Category Archives: Stem Cell Research

16 September 2019 Google has announced a new Healthcare and Medicines policy whereby clinics offering 'unproven or experimental medical techniques' will not be allowed to advertise on the platform. The policy will covermost stem cell and gene therapies, and follows a recent campaign by the FDA to take action against clinics offering unapproved stem cell treatments (see BioNews 949 and 916), as well as reports of patients being harmed by unregulated treatments (see BioNews893). 'This new policy will prohibit ads selling treatments that have no established biomedical or scientific basis Continue reading →

When Constance Benson* was 25 years old, she was living her dream as a model with a major agency. One day, while receiving treatment for a pain crisis in the hospital, she realized she wasnt well enough to travel any longer so she gave up her modeling dream. As a sickle cell warrior, Constance had already left college because she was unable to keep up with school work as a result of her unpredictable pain crises. Continue reading →

Cancer Cells Resort to Cannibalism To Survive Chemo By consuming neighboring cancer cells, some cells have found a way to obtain the energy they need to remain alive and induce relapse after a course of chemotherapy is completed. Continue reading →

20 Sep 2019 Changes to the microtubule-binding protein tau cause it to fall off these struts and aggregate, forming neurofibrillary tangles. But is that the reason for tau toxicity? Continue reading →

16 September 2019 Chinese scientists have used the genome editing tool CRISPR in an attempt to treat HIV in a patient with blood cancer, for the first time. The researchers created HIV-resistant stem cells, which they transplanted into the patient, where they survived for more than a year Continue reading →

CHICAGO Although 40 years have passed since her abortion, the woman at the cemetery described a sense of loss and regret that transcends time. Someone will always be missing, is how Jennifer Shea explained the pain following her decision to terminate an unplanned pregnancy when she was 19 in 1979. Yet the Chicago-area woman finds some comfort in praying at the site of a simple gray tombstone, which bears the epitaph HOLY INNOCENTS PREBORN CHILDREN OF GOD, at St Continue reading →

The Whitehead Institute board of directors today announced the selection of Ruth Lehmann, a world-renowned developmental and cell biology researcher, as the institutes fifth director. Lehmann will succeed current Director David Page on July 1, 2020. Continue reading →

Global Cell Isolation/Cell Separation Market was valued US$ XX Bn in 2018 and is expected to reach US$ 17.92 Bn by 2026, at a CAGR of around XX % during a forecast period. The report covers all the trends and technologies playing a major role in the growth of the Cell Isolation/Cell Separation market during the forecast period Continue reading →

SAN FRANCISCO, California, September 19, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) An expert in adult stem cell research told a San Francisco court Wednesday that fetal hearts used in research are harvested from living babies. Continue reading →

The tumor cells which have shed into lymphatic system and circulated over the body through blood circulation are called as circulating tumor cells. Circulating tumor cells may comprise seeds for metastasis. Continue reading →