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Stem Cell & Regenerative Med Newsletter

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Weekly reads: reprogramming hearing loss, heart disease, eye drops, sickle cell

It's mostly been a week of good and encouraging news in the regenerative medicine space including with gene therapies maybe with the exception of some eye drops warning (more below). There's realistic hope for an approved sickle cell disease soon. I also see some long-term positive news on hearing loss research. Hematopoietic stem cell transplant follow-up care may have gotten …
Regener-Eyes, eye drops

Questions on National Academies in vitro gametogenesis (IVG) meeting sponsorship

in vitro gametogenesis, IVG
Research on in vitro gametogenesis or IVG is jumping ahead and such work could one day lead to new infertility treatments. In vitro gametogenesis is the process of producing gametes (sperm and eggs) from stem cells. Those powerful stem cells, called iPS cells, can be made from ordinary adult cells like skin or blood cells. I made a diagram of …