UW Health treats first patient in U.S. with investigational cell therapy for heart disease

Appleton resident Donald Krause became the first patient in the country last week to undergo an investigational cell therapy for a debilitating heart condition called chronic myocardial ischemia (CMI). Krause was treated by Amish Raval, MD, an interventional cardiologist at UW Health, supported by Peiman Hematti, MD, a bone marrow transplantation hematologist at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.

October 29, 2021SMPH News

Center members Dr. Anita Bhattacharyy and Dr. Su-Chun Zhang, in collaboration with Waisman and the University of Washington-Seattle and Seattle Childrens Hospital, have been awarded an $11 million Transformative Research grant from the National Institutes of Health to create a new approach using stem cells that may reveal how brain development in individuals with Down syndrome differs from typically developing individuals, identify features that will help understand their intellectual disability, and find potential targets for therapy. They will also address questions that remain unanswered about brain development overall.

October 7th, 2021UW News

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved StrataGraft, a topical treatment for severe burns made from skin tissue, providing a boost for Madison-based firm Stratatech. Stratatech was founded in 2000 by SCRMC member Lynn Allen-Hoffman, the first female University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty member to start a biotech company.

June 16, 2021The Cap Times

The Food and Drug Administration-approved trial will use a form of transplant that replaces a patients bone marrow with alpha-beta T-cell depleted peripheral blood stem cells from closely matched unrelated donors or family members.

May 27, 2021

Over the past two decades, stem cell research at UW-Madison has grown from involving a handful of scientists to nearly 100 from more than 30 schools, colleges and departments.

May 25, 2021Quarterly Magazine, Vol. 23, No. 1

Nine University of WisconsinMadison postdoctoral researchers have been recognized with the inaugural Postdoc Excellence Awards for their teaching, service and mentoring. Daniel Z. Radecki (Comparative Biosciences) received one of these awards.

The defining feature of Dans work with the (UWMadison Postdoctoral Association) and others is his commitment to bettering the lives of all postdocs. He envisions how each event and initiative can best impact the individual, through the lenses of diversity and inclusion, immigration status, postdocs personal lives (e.g. childcare considerations), department/discipline, and more.

Congratulations, Daniel!

April 29, 2021

Researchers at UWMadison have made new photoreceptors from human pluripotent stem cells. However, it remains challenging to precisely deliver those photoreceptors within the diseased or damaged eye so that they can form appropriate connections, says David Gamm, director of the McPherson Eye Research Institute and professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.

While it was a breakthrough to be able to make the spare parts these photoreceptors its still necessary to get them to the right spot so they can effectively reconstruct the retina, he says. So, we started thinking, How can we deliver these cells in a more intelligent way? Thats when we reached out to our world-class engineers at UWMadison.

Research from the University of WisconsinMadison finds that a new therapeutic approach for heart failure could help restore cardiac function by regenerating heart muscle. In a study recently published in the journal Circulation, the UW team describes its success in improving, in a mouse model, the function of heart muscle by temporarily blocking a key metabolic enzyme after a heart attack. This simple intervention, the researchers say, could ultimately help people regain cardiac function. Our goal was to gain new understanding of how the heart can heal itself following injury at the molecular and cellular level and see if there was a way to restore cardiac function to an earlier state, says UWMadisons Ahmed Mahmoud, professor of cell and regenerative biology in the School of Medicine and Public Health.

Learn more about the research here.April 15, 2021

Grafting neurons grown from monkeys own cells into their brains relieved the debilitating movement and depression symptoms associated with Parkinsons disease, researchers at the University of WisconsinMadison reported today. In a study published in the journal Nature Medicine the UW team describes its success with neurons made from cells from the monkeys own bodies after reprogramming to induced pluripotent stem cells. UWMadison neuroscientist Su-Chun Zhang, whose Waisman Center lab grew the brain cells, said this approach avoided complications with the primates immune systems and takes an important step toward a treatment for millions of human Parkinsons patients. Learn more about their work here.March 1, 2021

The project, led by David Gamm, MD, PhD, director of the McPherson Eye Research Institute and professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, will develop a transplantable patch to restore vision to members of the armed forces who have been injured by blasts or lasers.December 11, 2020

This week, the NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs highlights Dr. Marina Emborg, her WNPRC lab team and their UWMadison colleagues advances in detecting heart disease in Parkinsons and evaluating new therapies that specifically target nerve disease within the human heart.December 2020

Its been 25 years since University of WisconsinMadison scientist James Thomson became the first in the world to successfully isolate and culture primate embryonic stem cells. He accomplished this breakthrough first with nonhuman primates at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center in 1995, using rhesus monkey cells, then in 1996 with marmoset cells. Thomson then published his world-changing breakthrough on human embryonic stem cell derivation in Science on Nov. 6, 1998.November 6, 2020

EEMs and exosomes each have attractive characteristics as therapeutics, Dr. Hematti, UW-Madisons Department of Medicine, noted. As a cell therapy, EEMs will not proliferate or differentiate to undesirable cell types, which remains a concern for many stem cell therapies. Moreover, EEMs could be generated from a patients own monocytes using off-the-shelf exosomes, resulting in a faster and more facile process compared to autologous MSCs. Alternatively, exosome therapy could be a cell free, shelf-stable therapeutic to deliver biologically active components. Altogether, we believe our studies results support the use of EEMs and/or exosomes to improve ligament healing by modulating inflammation and tissue remodeling, Dr. Vanderby concluded.November 3, 2020

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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherus BioSciences, Inc. (“Coherus”, Nasdaq: CHRS), today announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) will continue to provide increased Medicare reimbursement in the 340B outpatient hospital setting through year-end 2022 for 28 drugs, biologics and devices impacted by the COVID-19 public health emergency, including UDENYCA® (pegfilgrastim-cbqv).

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MIAMI, Nov. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Longeveron Inc. (NASDAQ: LGVN) ("Longeveron" or "Company"), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing cellular therapies for chronic aging-related and life-threatening conditions, today announced the selection of Biorasi LLC (“Biorasi”) as its clinical research organization (CRO) to help conduct its Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating Lomecel-B infusion in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) subjects.

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Bagsværd, Denmark, 5 November 2021 – Results from the STEP 5 phase 3b trial, presented today at the ObesityWeek® 2021 interactive congress, showed that adults treated with Wegovy™ (semaglutide 2.4 mg injection) achieved significant and sustained weight loss over the two-year study period. The STEP 5 trial investigated Wegovy™ vs. placebo, both used with a reduced calorie meal plan and increased physical activity for the treatment of obesity (BMI ?30 kg/m2) or overweight (BMI ?27 kg/ m2) in 304 adults with at least one weight-related comorbidity for 104 weeks (two years).1

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MONTREAL, Nov. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- I-MED Pharma USA is bringing the world’s most innovative dry eye product portfolio to the U.S. market. Their uniquely formulated line of ocular surface disorder products gives dry eye patients the long-lasting relief they have been searching for. I-MED Pharma USA will sell directly to eye care professionals throughout the United States, offering a broad range product portfolio which includes I-DROP® artificial tears, I-LID ’N LASH® ocular hygiene cleansers, I-DEFENCE® night-time dry eye ointment, I-VU® OMEGA-3 nutritional supplements, I-RELIEF™ therapeutic mask, and the E>Eye IRPL® device specifically designed to treat evaporative dry eye due to meibomian gland dysfunction.

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Sandusky, OH, Nov. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PAO Group, Inc. (OTC Pink: PAOG) today announced plans to add multiple new pharmaceutical products to its development pipeline in addition to its ongoing development of its RespRx CBD pharmaceutical for the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

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BERKELEY, Calif. and MAINZ, Germany, Nov. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mainz Biomed N.V. (Nasdaq:MYNZ) (“Mainz Biomed” or the “Company”), a molecular genetics diagnostics company specializing in the early detection of cancer, announces that its shares have commenced trading today on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker symbol “MYNZ”.

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – November 5, 2021 - Bavarian Nordic A/S (OMX:  BAVA) will announce its 2021 third quarter results on Friday, November 12, 2021.

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NEW YORK, NY, Nov. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NewMediaWire -- Tauriga Sciences, Inc. (OTCQB: TAUG) (“Tauriga” or the “Company”), a New York based diversified Life Sciences Company, has today reported continued strength and accelerating growth in its highest margin E-Commerce business segment (“E-Comm”).  The Company generated strong monthly E-Comm sales for the recently completed month of October 2021.  As of today’s date, November 5, 2021, the Company is firmly on track to generate record quarterly E-Comm sales – for its current operating quarter (October 1st– December 31st 2021).

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Eyenovia will release third quarter 2021 results on Wednesday, November 10, after the close. The prior version of this press release incorrectly stated that third quarter 2021 results would be released on Thursday, November 11, after the close.

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BERKELEY, Calif. and MAINZ, Germany, Nov. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mainz Biomed N.V. (NASDAQ:MYNZ) (“Mainz Biomed” or the “Company”), a molecular genetics diagnostics company specializing in the early detection of cancer, today announced that its common stock commenced trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market today under the ticker symbol MYNZ. The shares closed above the offering price at $9.99.

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NEW YORK, Nov. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- atai Life Sciences N.V. (Nasdaq: ATAI) (“atai”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company aiming to transform the treatment of mental health disorders, today announced that it will participate in the following upcoming investor conferences in November:

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SAN DIEGO, Nov. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRNE, "Sorrento") today announced that the California Competes Tax Credit Committee has approved the California Competes Tax Credit Allocation Agreement (the “Agreement”) between Sorrento and the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (“GO-Biz”). Pursuant to the Agreement, Sorrento has been awarded, subject to the satisfaction of certain milestones specified in the Agreement, an income tax credit from the State of California in an aggregate amount of up to $25,000,000. This incentivized credit is expected to support Sorrento’s vision of growth and expansion within the State of California.

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HONG KONG, Shanghai and FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Nov. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HUTCHMED (China) Limited (“HUTCHMED”) (Nasdaq/AIM:HCM; HKEX:13) today announces that new analyses and updates on the ongoing studies of HMPL-523 and HMPL-306 will be presented at the upcoming 63rd American Society for Hematology’s (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition, taking place on December 11-14, 2021. The meeting will be held virtually and in person at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia US.

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