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Devices aim to deliver on stem-cell therapies | KurzweilAI

Devices aim to deliver on stem-cell therapies | KurzweilAI | Longevity science | Scoop.it

Working with bioengineers and neurosurgeons, Daniel Lim, a neurosurgeon and stem-cell scientist at the University of California, San Francisco, has designed a needle that bends for for delivering stem cells to the brain,  Nature News reports.

The device can deposit cells anywhere within a 2-centimetre radius along a track, a volume bigger than an entire mouse brain.

 

 

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European regulators back first gene therapy drug

European regulators back first gene therapy drug | Longevity science | Scoop.it

LONDON (Reuters) - European regulators have recommended approval of the Western world's first gene therapy drug -- after rejecting it on three previous occasions -- in a significant advance for the novel medical technology.

 

More than 20 years since the first experiments with the ground-breaking method for fixing faulty genes, scientists and drug companies are still struggling to apply gene therapy in practice.

 

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