As we observe World Suicide Prevention Day on Sept. 10, suicide statistics in the United States continue to worsen. The U.S. suicide rate is now 33% higher than it was in 1999, in stark contrast with a downward trend globally. This disturbing trajectory comes into even greater focus as we also mark the 18th anniversary […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a Breakthrough Device designation to a Liquid Biopsy Liver Cancer Detection Test being developed by Laboratory for Advanced Medicine (LAM), a commercial-stage medical technology company. The blood-based liquid biopsy test analyzes the DNA methylation pattern of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) indicating the presence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC; liver cancer) as early as Stage I.

Among the many challenges to developing stem cell therapies is the need to match donors to recipients and the risk of graft vs. host disease that requires the use of immunosuppressants. Athersys has developed a stem cell therapy platform known as MultiStem that makes use of a type of stem cell that doesn’t carry the […]