Every year, the stem cell community comes together from all over the world to celebrate Stem Cell Awareness Day on the second Wednesday of October. In 2023, that day is October 11, 2023. Stem Cell Awareness Day serves as a platform to highlight the awe-inspiring potential of stem cell research to improve healthcare, treat diseases, and enhance our understanding of biology. … [Read more...] about Stem Cell Awareness Day 2023: A Global Initiative
The Growing List of Public Stem Cell Companies
A Grand View Research report projects that the global stem cell market will reach $18.4 billion by 2028, with adult stem cells accounting for the largest share. Over a decade ago, the stem cell research company landscape was much different and narrower than it is today. Investors of the past may remember once-popular companies such as Advanced Cell Technology (ACTC), which … [Read more...] about The Growing List of Public Stem Cell Companies
‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ Movie Mentions Stem Cells
Where the Crawdads Sing, one of the most popular movies released in 2022, has brought the subject of stem cell research to the masses. Without giving away too many spoilers, the main character Catherine Danielle Clark, nicknamed Kya, grew up in the marshes of North Carolina with no formal education and never learned how to read while growing up. Kya's childhood friend … [Read more...] about ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ Movie Mentions Stem Cells
NIH: First U.S. patient receives autologous stem cell therapy to treat dry AMD
Dry AMD is a leading cause of vision loss among older Americans and as of this writing, has no treatment. In a potentially breakthrough study, the first U.S.-based AMD patient has been treated in the phase 1/2a clinical trial (NCT04339764) of an autologous induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) therapy for the treatment of dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) by the NIH. … [Read more...] about NIH: First U.S. patient receives autologous stem cell therapy to treat dry AMD
Proposition 14 in California Puts Stem Cell Research on the Ballot
Update: Californians pass Proposition 14, authorizing $5.5 billion in state bonds for stem cell and other medical research. … [Read more...] about Proposition 14 in California Puts Stem Cell Research on the Ballot