by Lyla El-Fayomi | Feb 24, 2025
I’m back with a post-holiday double edition of RMNU🔬! I cover stem cell patches for failing hearts, a novel skeletal tissue that’s been (re-)discovered, an update on BlueRock’s Parkinson’s therapy, and more. Bookmark, or dive right in! Pick of the Month(s) Stem cell...
by Lyla El-Fayomi | Dec 26, 2024
Pick of the Month Another HIV-1 remission, but with a twist: The Geneva Patient I previously wrote about Mr. Paul Edmonds, who was the fifth person in history to be cured of both HIV-1 and leukemia since the first such case in 2009. This was achieved through a...
by Lyla El-Fayomi | Nov 19, 2024
Millions of placentas are discarded annually around the world. Given the regenerative medical potential demonstrated by placenta-derived tissue over the years, this is quite an unfortunate statistic. First used in 1910, placenta-derived tissue was abandoned in the...
by Lyla El-Fayomi | Nov 14, 2024
I’ve once again divided up the October edition of RMNU🔬 by trending research topic. Read on for remarkable placental science, new research involving in vivo genetic engineering, and more! Trend of the month: Healing via placenta Millions of placentas are discarded...
by Stacey Johnson | Oct 25, 2024
Michel Sadelain is the 2024 Gairdner International Award laureate, along with Dr. Zelig Eshhar, for his “seminal contributions to the conception, development and application of CD19-CAR T cell therapy for cancer.” It’s been a good year for Dr. Sadelain, who also won...
by Anis Fahandej-Sadi | Sep 19, 2024
You might be the carrier of a genetic disorder and not even know it; that was me up until a few years ago. My family doctor noticed something odd in my bloodwork: my mean corpuscular volume (the volume of my red blood cells) was abnormally low, despite my blood...
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