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Weekly reads: hit pause on human life, CIRM pause, 23andMe data, blast from the pastRemember cryonics, the idea that you could hit pause on human life? This relies on the super-cold power of liquid nitrogen or some other ultra-freezing method. Apparently cryonics is still a thing and there are people with even just their heads frozen. A new story claims a different way to…
Readers’ question: do stem cells for Long COVID make sense including for brain fog?
Do stem cells for Long COVID make sense including for associated brain issues? Two readers of The Niche asked me …
Liveyon made $21.6 million says DOJ; leader gets 3 years prison for stem cell activities
Back in late August, Liveyon leader John Kosolcharoen pleaded to federal charges on stem cells. What was Liveyon? Liveyon was …
Weekly reads: test-tube burgers, CRISPR for space travel, more tuft cells
I’ve written before about so-called test-tube burgers and bacon and other lab grown meat. Test-tube burgers Cells like muscle and …
ISCT launches new resource on unproven cell & gene therapies
The International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy or ISCT is a great organization in our field. They have launched …
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