ReNeuron Signs Manufacturing Contract to Provide Stem Cells for Stroke Clinical Trial

A new experimental system has been designed that can rapidly assess the pathogenic effects of a drug on a baby's developing brain. The system uses embryonic stem cells reprogrammed into neurons, and offers a powerful tool for probing genetic and molecular underpinnings of drug-induced neurodevelopmental disorders.

An investigational drug for the treatment of sickle cell disease shows early promise in Phase 2a clinical trial. The orally administered drug, given to adult patients with sickle cell disease, is demonstrating tolerability and the ability to impact both red and white blood cell biomarkers of the disease.

Activation of an embryo's genome does not happen all at once; instead it follows a specific pattern controlled primarily by the various sizes of its cells.