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Stem cell & regenerative medicine good news including Fate Therapeutics

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In the past month or two there has been a steady stream of good news in the stem cell and regenerative medicine world. Here are three examples starting with Fate Therapeutics. Fate Therapeutics Fate Therapeutics announced the first US IND for an induced pluripotent stem cell (IPSC)-related product. Its cleared product, FT500, is an off-the-shelf …

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Magenta Therapeutics Good News-Bad News Trial Data

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Magenta Therapeutics is a biotech company with a portfolio including stem cell products. Their most well known investigational drug product is an expanded umbilical cord stem cell product called MGTA-456, an “ex-Novartis” product. Magenta just released new trial data on MGTA-456, which I see as a case of good news-bad news, and investors seem to …

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Some stem cell good news, stuff for debate, & cool pubs

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Sometimes we could all use a jolt of good news and cool science. Those of us in the stem cell field probably get tired at times of all the bad-ish, even if important news (like this from Michael Hiltzik of the LA Times) out there surrounding certain unproven stem cell offerings and also clinics that …

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Stem cell good news on biotechs & cool new organoid paper

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There’s some recent stem cell good news out there including new papers and biotech developments. The stem cell and regenerative medicine field is really diverse and runs the gamut from really worrying stuff to very exciting, legit developments. In this post, I’m going to focus on the encouraging recent developments. What do I see as …

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TGIF: Guns, stem cells, science weekends reads & good news

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I’ve got some TGIF recommend reads on stem cells, etc, but first, what a week, right? We need more action on preventing gun violence. It’s a uniquely American health crisis that doesn’t have to be. There’s no real, common sense reason that gun control can’t reduce mass killings of our kids and others like the …

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Stem cell good news: Spinal Cord Injury Trial, CIRM, Grants, & More

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Stem cell good news time and more will be coming later this week. The stem cell and regenerative medicine world sometimes feels chaotic. Why? Because so much is going on both on the positive and negative sides of things. There is a whirlwind of activity and developments, and a tendency sometimes within our arena to …

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Stem cell therapy review of good news: UC Davis, Asterias, Cynata, Mesoblast, ViaCyte

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It’s a difficult, but very important road to conclusively prove that an investigational stem cell therapy is both safe and effective in order to get final approval FDA or equivalents in other countries. For this reason, it is beneficial to highlight even small, but positive steps forward including encouraging pre-clinical data. Today I’m doing a …

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Stem cells Sunday brunch of good news, fun links, & cool papers

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Enjoy! A Sunday brunch for the brain of science news, helpful links, and notable new papers including on stem cells. News and links CBER Director Focuses on Flexibility to Advance Regenerative Medicines Lab-Grown Blood Stem Cells Produced at Last Transplanted stem cells become eggs in sterile mice Maryland fund awards $8.5 million for stem cell research Positively good news from Asterias …

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