By Stephanie Chow | March 12, 2020 Three Faculty of Medicine researchers Drs. Zachary Laksman, Bruce Verchere and Tim Kieffer have collectively received more than $1.6M from the Stem Cell Network (SCN) to advance their work in stem cell and regenerative medicine research. Continue reading →

Newswise The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has extended its biobanking contract with the Coriell Institute for Medical Research for an additional five years. The newly awarded $8.6 million funding keeps Coriell in place as the trusted steward of this collection and includes the addition of new innovative products to expand the collection Continue reading →

The hunt for the elixir of life is such a universal mythological trope that to talk about it in the context of science seems almost ridiculous. But breakthroughs in the last decade have made the impossible seem possible, and researchers are quickly converging on the consensus that aging may well be a disease that we can treat just as easily as any other Continue reading →

Final results of the phase 3 CASPIAN trial show that Imfinzi (durvalumab) in combination with a choice of standard-of-care chemotherapies demonstrates a sustained overall survival benefit in patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer. We are pleased to see the sustained and meaningful survival benefit of Imfinzi for patients with small cell lung cancer after more than two years median follow up, Jose Baselga, executive vice president of oncology research and development at AstraZeneca, said in a company-issued press release. Continue reading →

Canine Stem Cell Therapy Market Segmentation The Canine Stem Cell Therapy Market is an intrinsic study of the current status of this business vertical and encompasses a brief synopsis about its segmentation. The report is inclusive of a nearly accurate prediction of the market scenario over the forecast period market size with respect to valuation as sales volume Continue reading →