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The ISSCR Launches First Online Global Continuing Education Course on Stem Cell Medicine
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The ISSCR Launches First Online Global Continuing Education Course on Stem Cell Medicine

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) announces the launch of a new online continuing education course, Stem Cell Medicine: From Scientific Research to Patient Care. The comprehensive course comes at a pivotal moment, addressing the growing demand for evidence-based, expert-led education amid the proliferation of unproven and potentially harmful stem cell interventions that threaten patient safety around the world. The activity, jointly provided by Harvard Medical School and the ISSCR, is open access, available on demand, and offered at no cost to clinicians, nurses, medical students, scientists, and the public. It is also available in five languages.

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The ISSCR Launches Consortium to Support Adoption of Stem Cell-Derived Disease Models for Drug Discovery and Development
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The ISSCR Launches Consortium to Support Adoption of Stem Cell-Derived Disease Models for Drug Discovery and Development

Advances in human stem cell-derived disease models have the potential to augment our predictive power for the efficacy and safety of new drugs. This technology, which complements existing approaches, is poised to reduce R&D costs and accelerate the development of new therapies for patients.

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) has assembled an international consortium of cross-sector thought leaders from industry, academia, and regulatory science to enable the widespread, responsible adoption.

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Exercise Enhances Stem Cell Transplant Function in Parkinson’s Disease 
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Exercise Enhances Stem Cell Transplant Function in Parkinson’s Disease 

A research team led by Clare Parish from The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (in Melbourne) and Lachlan Thompson from the University of Sydney, Australia has now tested whether exercise enhances transplant function in PD rats. In their study, rats received a stem cell-derived transplant to replace lost dopaminergic neurons and some of the rats were given free access to a running wheel. Their work was recently published in Stem Cell Reports.

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