by Laya Kiani | Aug 15, 2024
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2017, total global spending on health reached US$7.8 trillion and, by 2020, this figure had leapt to $9 trillion as governments raced to contain the first wave of COVID-19. The WHO estimates that worldwide spending...
by Lyla El-Fayomi | Jun 18, 2024
“Regenerative medicine news under the microscope” is a monthly feature highlighting a selection of impactful research findings and headlines across the many subfields of regenerative medicine. Throughout the past month, I’ve spotted some notable trends emerging in the...
by Don Gibbons | May 28, 2024
Spinal cord injury (SCI) seemed like a logical first target for pluripotent stem cell therapy. In many cases a discrete lesion blocks the brain’s nerve signals from reaching the muscles or other tissues they are supposed to instruct. The solution: turn stem cells into...
by Don Gibbons | May 25, 2023
A recent Wall Street Journal article reminded me of the work of someone I came to know well while at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM): Jeanne Loring of the Scripps Research Institute. The article detailed a cell therapy for Parkinson’s Disease...
by Cal Strode | Jun 30, 2022
When I heard that the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) was hosting a public symposium to ask if regenerative medicine can turn back the clock on aging, my interest was piqued. The enthusiasm for putting the brakes on aging has been documented as...
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