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Vice tackles dicey Cryo-Cell Duke mega-million peds clinic planWhen I first learned about the multi-$10 million cord cell clinic deal between Duke and Cryo-Cell I couldn’t believe what…
Weekly reads: New FDA guidance, brains, MSCs, senescence
This week marked the release of new draft FDA guidance on cell and gene therapies. Is the FDA kind of …
Fact-checking Regenexx: reviews, data, & cost
Stem cell clinic firms often come and go rather quickly, but a few like Regenexx have persisted and even become …
The Niche weekend reads: Editas mess, The Niche updates, papers
The news of the week relates to an interim clinical trial report from gene-editing firm Editas on its CRISPR trial …
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