Tag: stem cells
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Trial Okayed for Gene-Edited Stem Cell Lupus Treatment
A developer of treatments for cancer and autoimmune disorders from stem cells says FDA cleared its request to start a clinical trial of its therapy for systemic lupus erythematosus.
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Academic, Industry Labs to Build Brain Cell Models
Researchers from university labs in the U.K. are developing models of brain cell interactions using a company’s synthetic human cells derived from stem cells.
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Lab-Grown Tissue Company Gains $38M in Seed Funds
A company producing tissue samples in the lab, for drug discovery and preclinical research with robotics and artificial intelligence, raised $38 million in seed funding.
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Trial Okayed to Transplant Donated Islet Cells for Type 1 Diabetes
Health authorities in Sweden authorized the start of a clinical trial testing insulin-producing cells from donors engineered to prevent immune reactions in people with type 1 diabetes.
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Biotech Thymus Tissue Process Gains ARPA-H Funding
A company with a process to generate new thymus tissue for immune system functions is receiving a $37 million award from the government’s health breakthrough agency.
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Neurons from Stem Cells Produced for Overdose Therapy Tests
Researchers use stem cells to generate human neurons resembling those in the brain that control breathing during opioid reactions, for eventual chip devices to test overdose therapies.
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Trial Underway Testing Stem Cell Particles for Burns
A clinical trial has begun testing an experimental treatment for burns using off-the-shelf therapeutic particles derived from human bone marrow stem cells.
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Streamlined Gene Therapy Delivery Process Demonstrated
A group of academic and industry researchers exhibited in lab cells and mice a more direct delivery technique that could make gene therapies more accessible and inexpensive.
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Trial Cleared for Lab-Grown Replacement Knee Cartilage
A biotechnology company creating living tissue from a person’s stem cells says it received FDA clearance for a clinical trial of its replacement knee cartilage.
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Trial Underway Testing Engineered Cancer-Killing Viruses
A clinical trial, testing stem cells for neurons fortified with tumor-killing viruses, administered its first doses to a patient with glioma, an aggressive type of brain cancer.