Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • Scientists test a tiny stem cell mesh eye implant the thickness of a hair that could restore sight for people with dry age-related macular degeneration.

    January 15, 2026

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 15, 2026 Source:Scientists test a tiny eye implant that could restore sight

  • Scientists Unveil New Method to Mass-Produce Cancer-Fighting Natural Killer Cells

    January 7, 2026

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 7, 2026 Source:Scientists Unveil Breakthrough Method to Mass-Produce Cancer-Fighting Natural Killer Cells Reference:Large-scale generation of iNK and CAR-iNK cells from CD34+ haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells for adoptive immunotherapy

  • World’s first spinal cord transplant to take place in Israel, could allow patients to walk again

    August 21, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 21, 2025 Source:World’s first spinal cord transplant to take place in Israel, could allow patients to walk again

  • New StemCell-Derived ‘Heart Patch’ Could Help Solve the Transplant Shortage

    April 11, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 11, 2025 Source:New ‘Heart Patch’ Could Help Solve the Transplant Shortage Reference:Engineered heart muscle allografts for heart repair in primates and humans

  • Newly identified cartilage cells will hopefully see clinical use for facial reconstruction when the tech is developed to grow them into resilient parts.

    January 14, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 14, 2025 Source:These Newly Identified Cells Could Change the Face of Plastic Surgery Reference:A long-ignored skeletal tissue filled with oil

  • Faces made of living skin make robots smile. Wider implications to treat people with skin damage from disease and trauma if the technique is perfected.

    July 2, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 2, 2024 Source:Faces made of living skin make robots smile

  • Growing organs (almost) from scratch. Caveats abound but research is trying to address these.

    March 4, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 4, 2024 Source:Growing organs (almost) from scratchU of T researchers are working on growing kidneys, lungs, and more in the lab to address the organ donor shortage

  • The First Crispr Medicine Is Now Approved in the US to Treat Sickle Cell Anemia

    December 11, 2023

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 11, 2023 Source:The First Crispr Medicine Is Now Approved in the US

  • Scientists grow whole model of human embryo, without sperm or egg

    November 8, 2023

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 8, 2023 Source:Scientists grow whole model of human embryo, without sperm or egg Reference:Complete human day 14 post-implantation embryo models from naive ES cells

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