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Huge Ethical Debate Brewing After Error Led to Embryo-and-egg-loss

Three medical and legal scholars discussed the implications of one couple's wrongful death suit, seeking compensation for the March 2018 loss at a fertility center of more than 4,000 frozen eggs and embryos.
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Bioengineered Spinal Discs Successfully Implanted into Goats

Engineered spinal discs integrated with native discs maintained their structure and showed near-native mechanical properties two months after implantation in a goat model, demonstrating the feasibility of this approach.
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A Novel Epstein-Barr Virus-specific T Cell Therapy for Progressive MS

Mounting evidence shows that Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) plays a role in the pathology of multiple sclerosis. Consequently, an EBV-specific T Cell therapy has been developed to combat MS, and initial clinical trial results are promising.
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Up-scaling Production of MiRNA-enriched Extracellular Vesicles

Overexpressing an miRNA precursor in cells increases the specific miRNA content in extra-cellular vesicles, a potential new mode of drug delivery vehicle.
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Body Scanner Captures 3D Picture of Whole Human Body at Once

EXPLORER, the world’s first medical imaging scanner that can capture a 3D picture of the whole human body at once, has produced its first scans.
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10-20% of Cells in a Kidney Organoid Found to be Non-Renal

Single-cell transcriptomics revealed 10-20% of cells in a kidney organoid were non-renal cells.
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Fighting the Good Fight

Blocking an important enzyme in staphylococcal metabolism in a targeted manner would allow the pathogens to be starved.
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Inflammation-blocking Inhibitor Could Treat Sepsis Too

A new inhibitor which decreases lung inflammation could hold the key to treating Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and sepsis.
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Gene Editing Dramatically Improves Inherited Kidney Disease in Mice

Gene editing could be used to stop kidney damage in patients who have Joubert syndrome, an inherited kidney disease.
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Oncolytic Adenovirus Modified to Actively Kill 2 Cancerous Cell Types

An engineered oncolytic adenovirus that encodes a bispecific antibody harnesses a dual-action approach to attack stromal fibroblasts.
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