Groundbreaking discoveries and inventions in the Life Sciences advancing Evidence Based Medicine
Harvard University researchers have smashed the record for the most genetic alterations made in a single cell. The researchers used the CRISPR gene editing tool to make 13,200 changes to…
A team of researchers in Utrecht, Holland has successfully created kidney organoids in the lab from adult human stem cells that are capable of surviving for more than 6 months….
The gene editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 allows precise edits to be made to genes to eliminate mutations or introduce new genes. The technology certainly has potential to cure genetic diseases, improve…
A team of researchers at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) has developed a system that can bioprint human skin using a patient’s own cells. The system is mobile…
The Swiss healthcare startup CRISPR Therapeutics has used the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool as a treatment for transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia in a clinical trial sponsored by Vertex Pharmaceuticals of Boston….
Over time, cells start to lose functionality and their ability to repaired themselves and as functionality is lost and toxic proteins build up, age-related illnesses are to be expected. It…
A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University have defined the roles two types of cells play in bone regeneration, both of which could be used in cellular therapies to…
A team of researchers from University College London and the University of Melbourne have developed AI software that can predict ovarian cancer prognosis and identify the likely effectiveness of treatments…
A promising new treatment for Zika virus infections has been developed, which has been shown to be effective in mice. Scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore in collaboration with…
For the first time, researchers in Japan have created human eggs from stem cells, which could potentially be used to help women who are unable to create their own eggs…