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Mesenchymal cells or MSCs: definition, clinical potential, challenges

mesenchymal cells, MSCs, mesenchymal stem cells, multipotent stem cells

I’m old enough to remember when the acronym MSC stood unambiguously for “mesenchymal stem cells”, but should it refer to a broader term like “mesenchymal cells”? The field has moved in that direction. I think that’s the best way to go too and I’ll explain why. The goal of today’s post is to help you […]

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Reading the stem cell tea leaves as Trump FDA warns 2 perinatal biologics firms including Supreme Rejuvenation

Aracely Cabrera, Supreme Rejuvenation

The FDA’s biologics or CBER branch just warned two perinatal biologics firms. In a way, these letters surprised me more than any in recent years. Up to this point, I had not seen any posted warning letters from the Trump 2.0 FDA to stem cell clinic or biologics supplier-type firms. Part of me thought that

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Weekly reads: stem cells everywhere, MSCs for MS?, nanostickers, Makary update

MSC cruises, MSCs for MS

It was another crazy week for me with tons of grant work, but news  and research in the regenerative medicine world keep on popping up including a paper on MSCs for MS. I’ve realized that even when I’m trying to take a short break, I often see science and signs of stem cells popping up

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Weekly reads: Chinese CRISPR biotechs, cultured meat war, MSCs for Alzheimer’s

HuidaGene Therapeutics, Chinese CRISPR biotech

Chinese CRISPR research continues to grow and this includes interesting CRISPR biotech firms. Some here in the U.S. worry that American gene editing firms could be lagging behind. Especially over the past year, investors and even some scientists have voiced frustration. U.S. gene editing firms like Editas have been struggling for years. Its stock is

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Reasons to smile at sharks? Growing new teeth from stem cells

Gareth Fraser, new teeth from stem cells

Sharks are experts at growing new teeth from stem cells. What if we humans could grow new teeth from stem cells too? It seems like a stretch. Compared to sharks, on tooth regrowth we are biological amateurs. While humans and some other animals like dogs have only two sets of teeth in our whole lives,

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FDA letters to Chara Biologics & Evolutionary Biologics continue its unprecedented slew of warnings

Dr. Joy Kong, Chara Biologics, Chara Health

What is Chara Biologics? Why did the FDA just warn them and another firm? FDA’s CBER keeps up fast pace of warnings Before we get into that, the FDA biologics branch, CBER, has more generally kept up an unprecedented pace of warning letters over the past 13 months. I wrote late last year how 2024

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Stem cell therapy side effects & risks at clinics

stem cell therapy side effects, stem cell risks

What are possible side effects of stem cell therapy ? Patients often reach out to ask about such risks They usually refer to unproven stem cell clinics. Today’s post addresses the scope of stem cell therapy side effects and risks based on available hard data. It’s also important to discuss possible unknown risks. Stem cell

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Weekly reads: grow a spine, China clears MSCs, Denise Richards, stem cell soups

Notochord, growing a spine.

If you tell a scientist that they should be growing a spine, they might take you literally. For instance, if you say this because you want a scientist to show some courage and speak out about something difficult, instead they might try to make an actual human spine in a lab. We’ll start there this

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