How Regulatory T Cells Can Reduce Solid Tumors in Mice
This is the first installment in a group of stories on regulatory T cell function and its potential to treat cancer. This work falls within a greater series on regenerative medicine. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the collection of interventions …
Dr. William Haseltine receives the 2023 IHV Lifetime Achievement Award
ACCESS Health International Chair and CEO, Dr. William Haseltine recently received the 2023 Institute of Human Virology 25th Anniversary Lifetime Achievement Award for Scientific Contributions and Drug Development. Prior to founding ACCESS Health International. Dr. Haseltine helped create the biotechnology companies ProScript …
ACCESS Health at the 2023 ASEAN Youth Summit
ACCESS Health Southeast Asia Associate Director – Consulting, Simeen Mirza was invited to be a panelist at the 2023 ASEAN Youth Summit, a series of youth events organized in conjunction with the 2023 ASEAN Indonesia Summit. The summit, held in Jakarta, drew …
How mRNA Could Safely Replace Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the collection of interventions that restore to normal function tissues and organs that have been damaged by disease, injured by trauma, …
Introducing Dr. Tony Badrick: An APAC CVD Alliance Strategic Partner
Dr. Tony Badrick is President of the Asia-Pacific Federation for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine (APFCB) and CEO of The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) Quality Assurance Programs since 2015. Dr. Badrick is not just an accomplished clinical biochemist but …
Organoids Shed Light On COVID-19 Infection During Pregnancy
Organoids offer new insight into the effects of Covid-19 infection on pregnant women and their children. In a recent study, Australian researchers led by Dr. Jose Polo from Monash University, develop a placental organoid model that demonstrates how the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects …
Organoids Point The Way For Liver Regeneration
The liver is the only internal organ that can regenerate itself. Remarkably, even if 70 percent of the liver is removed, its tissue can regrow into a full-sized organ within a matter of months. By unraveling the biological mechanisms behind this unique …
Kidney Function Successfully Modeled In Cell Culture
Scientists have made a remarkable breakthrough in kidney research. In a paper published in the journal Biology Communications, a team of researchers at Kyoto University led by Ramin Sadeghian present an innovative approach to building miniature kidney models that closely resemble the …
Treating Troubling Tumors: CAR T Therapy for Aggressive Childhood T Cell Leukemia
In recent years, CAR T therapy has become an established treatment for patients suffering from blood cancers derived from B cells; this includes B cell lymphomas, leukemias and multiple myeloma. However, the therapy has yet to achieve similar success for T cell-derived …
Enhancing Healthcare Support for Telangana State Road Transport Employees
On June 16th, 2023, ACCESS Health India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) to assist in TSRTC training health volunteers, empowering them to serve as the primary point of contact for healthcare support at each …
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