Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells Technologies

People born at increased risk of heart attack could be identified by a one off-genetic test, a study has found.

Stem cells transformed into 3-D human liver tissue by scientists from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh show promising support of liver function when implanted into mice with a liver disease.

A type of supercharged immune cell could be mass-produced to fight cancer in cutting-edge immunotherapy treatments, scientists believe.

According to the public relations and information center of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs, Amir Ali Hamidieh, secretary of the council for stem cells sciences and technologies, expressed about the holding of the third national festival and international congress of stem cells sciences and technologies and regenerative medicine: this is a technological event that will be held with the help of stem cell experts and scientists as a turning point in the developments based on new technologies.

The first FDA approved therapy to directly deliver normal genes to take place of nonfunctional version to restore vision via activating dormant retina stem cells in a history making process by Spark Therapeutic Luxturna scientists has been demonstrated, as published in Nature.

Current research into the early mammalian embryo, or blastocyst, suffers from the lack of a model system that allows the precise analysis of the developmental processes involved and the interactions between embryonic and extra-embryonic tissues. However, a Nature study led by Nicolas C. Rivron (Maastricht University,

Mutations in the COL7A1 gene, which encodes type VII collagen (C7), lead to the disruption of the dermal-epidermal junction (DEJ) and the development of the inherited skin blistering disease severe recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) (2).

Engineers and medical researchers at the University of Minnesota have teamed up to create a groundbreaking 3-D-printed device that could someday help patients with long-term spinal cord injuries regain some function.

The secretary of the council for stem cells sciences and technologies explained about determining the important role of research centers of the country in cell and gene therapy studies during a joint meeting with the national research center of genetic engineering and biotechnology.

Nearly one in eight couples in the U.S. face infertility, and about half of those cases can be attributed to semen abnormalities in the male partner.