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Protein discovery reinvigorates promising new therapeutic
Science Daily, June 8, 2022 Engineers have developed a therapeutic that they say avoids major allergic reactions that plagued previous versions while maintaining its therapeutic
Immune therapy targets cells that cause leukemia relapse
Science Daily, June 2, 2022 Genetically engineered immune cells successfully target the specific cancer cells that may be responsible for relapse of acute myeloid leukemia
Scientists develop off the shelf engineered stem cells to treat aggressive brain cancer
Science Daily, May 19, 2022 Investigators have devised a novel therapeutic method for treating glioblastomas post-surgery by using stem cells taken from healthy donors engineered to attack
Insight into Umbilical Cord Blood Banking
News Medical Life Sciences, February 2022 Umbilical cord blood banking is useful due to its role in transplantation. Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) possess the ability
Rejuvenating the blood and bone marrow to slow aging-associated cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease
Communications Biology, February 2020 Seokjo Kang, V. Alexandra Moser, Clive N. Svendsen & Helen S. Goodridge Parabiosis, blood exchange and plasma transfer experiments have highlighted the
Are COVID-19-linked arrhythmias caused by viral damage to the heart’s pacemaker cells?
Science Daily, April 1, 2022 The SARS-CoV-2 virus can infect specialized pacemaker cells that maintain the heart’s rhythmic beat, setting off a self-destruction process within
Woman Seemingly Cured of HIV After Umbilical Cord Transplant
Umbilical cord blood may be a good alternative to bone marrow transplants for treating HIV in patients with HIV and cancer. The Scientist, March 16th 2022
Cell fusion ‘awakens’ regenerative potential of human retina
Hybrid cells could be a potential therapeutic strategy to treat retinal damage and visual impairment Science Daily, March 15th, 2022 Fusing human retinal cells with adult stem
Improved bone marrow and stem cell transplantation for patients with blood-related diseases
Scientists uncover the unique signature of genes expressed by hematopoietic stem cells capable of making healthy blood cells after being transplanted. Hematopoietic stem cells can
Brodie’s sibling cord blood therapy for cerebral palsy
Parent’s Guide to Cord Blood, February 2022 If you ask Brodie how he got so strong, he has one answer, “Zoey’s blood”. His little sister’s