Eterna Therapeutics Inc. has entered into a sponsored research agreement with a collaborator at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MD Anderson).
Fibroblasts expressing the tumor suppressor p16INK4a (a marker of senescence) stimulated lung stem cells from young mice to repair damaged tissue, according to a study from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). The finding calls into question therapies that eliminate these senescent cells without considering their beneficial role in tissue homeostasis.
Therapeutic Solutions International Inc. has announced promising data on the use of Campbellcell for treatment of bipolar disorder by the company's suicide prevention-based spin-off Campbell Neurosciences Inc.
Stemcyte Inc. has received IND approval from the FDA for a phase II trial using umbilical cord blood stem cell therapy for post-COVID syndrome, or long COVID.