China’s revised regulation on human genome editing: the good news and the bad news
Remember the scandalous revelation of the world's first births of genome-modified twins (Lulu and Nana) by Dr He Jiankui in 2018? Recently, China revised its regulation...
Third global summit on human genome editing: Moving on after the He experiment
The much anticipated Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing was held in London earlier this month to explore the advances of the science, challenges...
Regulating dodgy stem cell clinics: FDA is appealing against ruling
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided to appeal a surprising decision after it lost a case it was fighting against a California...
California court creates regulatory uncertainty over the FDA regulation of stem cell therapies
In a recent lawsuit brought by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a California judge entered a judgment in favour of the California Stem Cell...
Washington state sues ‘snake oil’ stem cell clinic
A Seattle based stem cell company, US Stemology, is being sued for deceptively marketing and selling stem cell therapies for a cure-all for dozens of...
Class action over unproven stem cell treatment settled for US$3.65 million
San Diego-based StemGenex, a now-bankrupt stem cell clinic, has to pay out US$3.65 million to its former patients for ineffective stem cell treatments. The complaint,...
Are human challenge studies for Covid ethical?
Researchers at Oxford University, in the UK, are seeking volunteers to participate in human challenge studies. These are carefully controlled experiments which involve deliberately infecting...
The CRISPR babies: the story unfolds
Remember the shocking announcement of the first births of genome modified twins (Lulu and Nana) globally? In an article in Nature Biotechnology, we learn a...
Shonky stem cell products explode in US
Disturbingly, there are now more than four times as many businesses in the United States offering untested stem cell treatments than there were five years...
What is the law on iBlastoids?
This week Professor Jose Polo and an international team have reprogrammed human adult cells to create an “iBlastoid” at Monash University. This breakthrough has opened a...
A class action suit against an Australian IVF provider is a reminder that IVF is a huge industry
Will Danielle Bopping be the Erin Brockovich of assisted reproduction? Remember Erin Brockovich, an inspiring consumer advocate and environmental activist in winning a US$333 million class-action lawsuit, the...
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine gets a second lease on life
Voters approve Prop 14 California, the state of sun, sand, surf, Botox, tech and stem cells. Like the tense national election, the stem cell field...