CRISPR combines with stem cell therapy to reverse diabetes in mice – New Atlas

For a few years now, scientists at Washington University have been working on techniques to turn stem cells into pancreatic beta cells as a way of addressing insulin shortages in diabetics. After some promising recent strides, the team is now reporting another exciting breakthrough, combining this technique with the CRISPR gene-editing tool to reverse the disease in mice. The pancreas contains what are known as beta cells, which secrete insulin as a way of tempering spikes in blood-sugar levels.

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Healing the heart by returning it to its infancy – FierceBiotech

Nearly a decade ago, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center discovered that when mouse hearts were damaged in the first seven days of life, they would regenerate. They reasoned that if they could find a way to recreate that regenerative ability later in life, it might provide a new way to treat heart damage. Now, that same team has discovered that a protein called calcineurin plays a key role in blocking the ability of heart muscle to regenerate after the first week of life.

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Stem Cell Therapy Market Research Outlook, Recent Trends and Growth Forecast 2020-2025 – Cole of Duty

The Stem Cell Therapy report provides independent information about the Stem Cell Therapy industry supported by extensive research on factors such as industry segments size & trends, inhibitors, dynamics, drivers, opportunities & challenges, environment & policy, cost overview, porters five force analysis, and key companies profiles including business overview and recent development. Stem Cell Therapy MarketLatest Research Report 2020: Download Premium Sample Copy Of This Report: Download FREE Sample PDF! In this report, our team offers a thorough investigation of Stem Cell Therapy Market, SWOT examination of the most prominent players right now. Alongside an industrial chain, market measurements regarding revenue, sales, value, capacity, regional market examination, section insightful information, and market forecast are offered in the full investigation, and so forth.

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Induced pluripotent stem cells and CRISPR reversed diabetes in mice – Drug Target Review

Induced pluripotent stem cells made to produce insulin and CRISPR, used to correct a genetic defect, cured Wolfram syndrome in mice. Using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) produced from the skin of a patient with a rare, genetic form of insulin-dependent diabetes called Wolfram syndrome, researchers transformed the human stem cells into insulin-producing cells and used CRISPR-Cas9 to correct a genetic defect that had caused the syndrome. They then implanted the cells into lab mice and cured the unrelenting diabetes in those models.

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Scientists in Singapore to Use Immunotherapy Cells in Targeting COVID-19 as It Works with SARS – Science Times

(Photo : fernandozhiminaicela from Pixabay) Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore are exploring the body's immunotherapy cells as a way to destroy the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). According to the Daily Mail, the team will use chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) and T cell receptors (TCR T) to control the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and protect patients from its symptomatic effects.

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