UTSW working to reprogram cells to strengthen immunity in geriatric patients – EurekAlert

image:CD8 T cells are a type of white blood cells that are essential for the immune system to fight infections and cancer. view more Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center What if the key to aging well lies in reprogramming immune system cells to strengthen them against infections and cancer? Researchers at UT Southwestern are working to find out.

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This Startup Is Makingand ProgrammingHuman Cells – WIRED

Our cells are packed with unrealized potential. Almost every human cell contains the genetic information it needs to become any other kind of cell. A skin cell, for example, has the same genes as a muscle cell or a brain neuron, but in each type of cell only some of those genes are switched on, while others remain silent

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Amniotics joins Vinnova funded ‘CAMP’ to improve outcome of lung transplantations with PulmoStem – marketscreener.com

Amniotics AB (publ) (Nasdaq Stockholm: AMNI), a developer of novel cell therapy products, today announced that it has joined the research project Centre for Advanced Medical Products (CAMP), a consortium funded by a SEK 48 million grant from the Swedish innovation agency Vinnova. In this partnership they will work to improve the outcome of lung transplantations using Amniotics stem cell therapy product PulmoStem

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Fast food: Israeli team stumbles upon speed boost for slow-growing cultured meat – The Times of Israel

Israeli scientists say they have found a way to significantly speed up the production of lab-grown meat, and potentially reduce its cost. Companies around the world are working to introduce mass-produced artificial meat products, produced from in vitro cell cultures of animal cells. But the field has been hindered by high production costs, in part due to the lengthy process involved in growing the meat

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MRC Lead Apologizes Following Bullying Allegations – The Scientist

Fiona Watt, a stem cell biologist and current leader of the UK Medical Research Council, has made an apology in response to allegations about bullying during her time as executive chair. The anonymous whistleblower complaint describing allegations about Watts behavior last year prompted an investigation by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the government body that includes the Medical Research Council (MRC) and other funding councils.

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