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Glucose-lowering drugs and insulin injections often struggle to maintain precise blood sugar control for those living with diabetes. Photo: Shutterstock

Type 1 diabetes reversed in Chinese woman using reprogrammed stem cells

25-year-old with chronic condition for over a decade has no need for external insulin some 2½ months from minimally invasive surgery.

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Chinese scientists hope panda stem cell breakthrough can help species survive

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Review | Why you should book this stem cell-based facial at W Hong Kong’s Bliss Spa

Explainer | Why storing cord blood is becoming popular in Hong Kong and is it necessary?

Doctors at Hong Kong Children’s Hospital are treating a five-year-old girl using cord blood transferred from Guangdong province.

After a baby is born, the blood that remains in the placenta and umbilical cord is known as cord blood. Photo: Shutterstock

Hong Kong receives second cross-border cord blood transfer to treat girl, 5

Doctors at Hong Kong Children’s Hospital, where the girl is being treated, expect stem cell transplant to be ready as soon as October.

Special university graduation for China student who was donating stem cells

A brave, caring student in China who could not attend graduation day with his peers because he was saving a life, was given a special individual ceremony.

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Chinese team reports patient’s diabetes cured with cell therapy in world first

A breakthrough cell therapy in Shanghai is reported to have cured a man’s diabetes, giving hope to other sufferers.

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Regardless of the type of diabetes, failure to maintain normal blood glucose levels over time can lead to serious side effects, including heart disease, vision loss and kidney disease. Photo: Shutterstock

Asian parents on edge after Singapore stem cell bank ruins thousands of samples

The scandal now engulfing Cordlife Group Ltd. has implications across the region, given its operations in Hong Kong, Macau, Indonesia, the Philippines and India.

Chinese team tests lung treatment that may be first to reverse COPD damage

Paper follows statement by Zuo Wei that ‘stem cell and progenitor cell-based regenerative medicine may be the biggest, if not the only, hope to cure COPD’.

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Scientists create human embryo models without sperm or egg

The advancement offers hope for research on miscarriage and birth defects but also raises fresh ethical concerns.

Scientists have used stem cells to create structures that resemble human embryos in the lab. File photo: Shutterstock

Singapore to get lab-grown sausages that take just 8 days to cultivate

Meatable is betting that its use of patented stem-cell technology that can rapidly grow slaughter-free sausages will give it an edge over other cultivated meat start-ups.

Dutch start-up Meatable says it’s now able to produce high-quality cultivated pork of the kind it wants to sell to Singapore in just eight days following a major breakthrough. Photo: Twitter/@itsmeatable

No more dialysis or wait for donor organs? Huge kidney disease breakthrough

Synthetic kidney transplants could begin within 10 years thanks to a Hollywood lawyer who couldn’t get answers after suffering renal failure, and funded research that in 2022 led to a big breakthrough.

Lab-grown human embryo models spark calls for regulation

Scientists have used stem cells to create structures that resemble human embryos in the lab, in a first that has prompted calls for stricter regulation in the rapidly advancing field.

China grows blood stem cells in groundbreaking space experiment: scientists

Cells cultivated on Tiangong space station’s lab module return to Earth, where they will continue to be tested and analysed, laying foundation for more studies on regenerative medicine in space, researchers say.

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The stem cells were brought to China’s space station by the Tianzhou 6 cargo spacecraft on May 10. Photo: Xinhua

Team behind extreme animal gene experiment eyes human nuclear resistance

Modified human embryonic stem cells showed supernatural resistance against radiation, according to Academy of Military Sciences team in Beijing.

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A 3D rendered illustration of a water bear, or Tardigrade. Image: Shutterstock

Scientists create baby mice from 2 males for first time

This raises the distant possibility of doing the same for people – although no one knows whether the same technique would work in human stem cells.

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Man cured of HIV after stem cell transplant in Germany

The 53-year-old, known as the Düsseldorf Patient, is just the third person worldwide to be cured of the condition using the stem cell treatment.

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Will premium lab-grown caviar and foie gras be biotech’s newest gold mine?

Lab-grown caviar and foie gras could be biotech’s newest gold mine, as industry experts say, ‘being ethical is the new luxury’ – here’s what you need to know

Many entrepreneurs and food businesses are jumping on the opportunity to produce lab-grown meat. Photo: The Alpina Gstaad

Healthcare start-ups eye investors at Hong Kong’s global health summit

About 180 local and overseas healthcare start-ups to showcase innovations at Asia Summit on Global Health.

Chinese scientists study axolotl’s ability to regenerate for human health

Scientist says ultimate research goal is to introduce stem cells to injured human brain tissue locally to restart any regeneration genes.

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How climate crisis stirred Hong Kong architect to launch lab-grown fish firm

Learning how pollution and overfishing are damaging marine ecosystems and how the nascent business of using stem cells to grow meat was gaining traction prompted Carrie Chan to launch Avant Meats.

Learning how pollution and overfishing are damaging marine ecosystems prompted Carrie Chan to launch a company specialising in lab-grown seafood. Illustration by Perry Tse

Chinese team claim stem cell breakthrough in mice study

Researchers say they turned one type of stem cell into another that can develop into all types in the body.

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A Chinese team has found a way to turn pluripotent cells into totipotent cells. Photo: Shutterstock

Scientists rejuvenate skin of 53-year-old woman, make cells 30 years younger

Researchers hope the rejuvenation method could see applications like speeding up healing time in burn victims, and eventually extending human life.

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China-US scientists grow first human-monkey embryo, but is it ethical?

Human stem cells injected into macaque embryos to explore possibility of growing organs for transplants, although some raise fears over where it could lead.

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China-US scientists create world's first human-monkey ‘chimera’ embryo amid ethical storm

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Stem cells could return rhinos to Malaysia

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How science is on a mission to extend the human lifespan – to 1,000?

Along with academic research departments around the world, private sector medical technology companies are getting in on the action, seeking ways to increase longevity

China’s gene-edited baby scandal hasn’t stopped the technology’s progress

The past year has seen advancements to CRISPR, the technique used by Chinese researcher He Jiankui to alter the DNA of Chinese twin girls Lula and Nana, despite the controversy.

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Stem cells
Stem cells are biological cells found in all multi-cellular organisms, that can divide into diverse specialised cell types and can self-renew to produce more stem cells. Human adult stem cells are routinely used in medical therapies, for example in bone marrow transplants. Stem cells can also be artificially grown and transformed into specialised cell types with characteristics consistent with cells of various tissues such as muscles or nerves.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
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