{"id":91217,"date":"2019-05-23T11:22:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T18:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/new-progress-in-stem-cell-free-regenerative-medicine"},"modified":"2019-05-23T11:22:24","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T18:22:24","slug":"new-progress-in-stem-cell-free-regenerative-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/new-progress-in-stem-cell-free-regenerative-medicine","title":{"rendered":"New Progress in Stem-Cell-Free Regenerative Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xdR2ccgrJJ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Regenerative medicine and stem cells are often uttered within the same breath, for good reason.<\/p>\n<p>In animal models, stem cells have reliably reversed brain damage from Parkinson\u2019s disease, repaired severed spinal cords, or restored damaged tissue from <a href=\"https:\/\/stemcells.nih.gov\/info\/Regenerative_Medicine\/2006Chapter7.htm\">diabetes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cirm.ca.gov\/2018\/06\/11\/can-stem-cells-help-people-recovering-from-a-stroke-you-asked-and-the-experts-answered\/\">stroke<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/stemcells.nih.gov\/info\/Regenerative_Medicine\/2006Chapter7.htm\">blood cancers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/diseases\/17508-stem-cell-therapy-for-heart-disease\">heart disease<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/singularityhub.com\/2019\/03\/28\/extending-human-longevity-with-regenerative-medicine\/\">aging-related tissue damage<\/a>. With the discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), in which skin and other tissue can be reversed into a stem cell-like state, the cells have further been adapted into bio-ink for 3D printing brand new organs.<\/p>\n<p>Yet stem cells are hard to procure, manufacture, and grow. And unless they\u2019re made from the patient\u2019s own cell supply\u2014massively upping production costs\u2014they\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/body-rejects-transplant-human-embryonic-stem-cells\/\">at risk of immune rejection<\/a> or turning cancerous inside their new hosts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/singularityhub.com\/2019\/05\/23\/new-progress-in-stem-cell-free-regenerative-medicine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\">Read more<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regenerative medicine and stem cells are often uttered within the same breath, for good reason. In animal models, stem cells have reliably reversed brain damage from Parkinson\u2019s disease, repaired severed spinal cords, or restored damaged tissue from diabetes, stroke, blood cancers, heart disease, or aging-related tissue damage. With the discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,11,269,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}