Tia Ghose

Dec 5, 2024 | livescience.com | Tia Ghose

In a first, scientists have designed immune cells that protect stem cell transplants from being rejected by the body — and they could someday open the door for a cure for diabetes. The new cells, which were able to protect insulin-producing cells transplanted into mice, are an early "proof-of-concept," said study co-author Audrey Parent, an associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Diabetes Center.

Dec 5, 2024 | yahoo.com | Tia Ghose

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Jian Fan via Getty ImagesIn a first, scientists have designed immune cells that protect stem cell transplants from being rejected by the body — and they could someday open the door for a cure for diabetes.

Nov 19, 2024 | livescience.com | Tia Ghose

In an early-stage clinical trial, scientists used designer immune cells to "reboot" the immune systems of patients with various autoimmune diseases. The trial used a form of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, which has become a mainstay treatment for blood cancers, like leukemia. Only a few patients were included in this initial trial, and the trial was short — so it's too early to say whether this treatment works over the long term.

Oct 31, 2024 | livescience.com | Tia Ghose

For the first time, scientists in China reprogrammed a woman's fat cells to turn them into insulin-making pancreatic cells that reversed her type 1 diabetes. The feat adds to a growing body of evidence that reprogrammed stem cells could one day be used to treat or cure the chronic disease. The patient treated in the recent study still doesn't need any injected insulin a year out from her procedure.

Sep 14, 2024 | livescience.com | Tia Ghose

What it is: An image of private astronaut Jared Isaacman on the first-ever commercial spacewalkWhere it is: Partially outside the hatch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft, which was at an altitude of 458 miles (737 kilometers) above Earth's surface at the timeWhen it was shared: Sept. 12, 2024Why it's so special: The 106-minute jaunt through empty space that crowned SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission represents the first-ever spacewalk by a commercial crew. On Sept.