stem cells
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute Receives $325K Lymphoma Research Grant
The grant will fund a pilot study measuring circulating tumor DNA to help identify patients likely to relapse after autologous stem cell transplantation.
Neanderthal Gene Variant Alters Neurodevelopment in Human Brain Organoids
Researchers used CRISPR to reintroduce an archaic variant of NOVA1 into cortical organoids to study how a human-specific variant may have affected evolution.
Curi Bio Acquires Artificial Intelligence Firm Dana Solutions
The acquisition will give Curi access to Dana's portfolio of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies for in vitro cell-based assays.
Young Bone Marrow Donors May Transfer Pathogenic Mutations to Cancer Patients
The results suggest patients receiving stem cell transplants for blood cancers may be at increased risk of somatic mutation-related complications even with young bone marrow donors.
Evotec Acquires iPSC Drug-Discovery Assets From Ncardia
The assets include intellectual property relevant to iPSC-based phenotypic drug discovery and an existing product business around iPSC-derived cells.