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Richard Garr Q&A on his new Right-To-Try firm Beacon of Hope

September 12, 2019 Paul Knoepfler 6

A new right-to-try company called Beacon of Hope is stirring some intense discussion. State and federal right-to-try laws could potentially change the fabric of how many investigational studies are conducted. That may happen through firms like Beacon of Hope. However, […]

StemGenex clinic bankruptcy reveals surprises including huge revenue

September 11, 2019 Paul Knoepfler 1

How much money and how many patients do stem cell clinics like San Diego’s StemGenex make each year? A new court document has some insights from an unexpected angle. I’ve been following StemGenex for years here on The Niche. It’s […]

FDA warns another perinatal stem cell supplier Stemell

September 10, 2019 Paul Knoepfler 0

As part of its stepped up approach to unproven stem cell marketing, the FDA issued another warning letter to a perinatal (birth-related) stem cell supplier. It’s interesting to see the FDA doing more specifically about suppliers and not just focusing […]

Kristin Comella resigns from embattled clinic firm US Stem Cell

September 8, 2019 Paul Knoepfler 3

US Stem Cell, Inc. reports in a new SEC filing that its key leader Kristin Comella has resigned as of September 1. I never thought I’d see the day when Kristin Comella and US Stem Cell, Inc. parted ways. To […]

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Google to block unproven stem cell clinic & gene therapy ads

September 6, 2019 Paul Knoepfler 14

Laurie McGinley and William Wan of the Washington Post broke the story this morning that Google has a new biomedical ad policy that may really shake things up for stem cell clinics. Google announced the new policy on its blog […]

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Our Vice Chancelor @dlubarskymd, and a few @UCDavisMedCntr department chairs were honored to be presented with the game ball tonight at the dedication and first @UCDfootball game at UC Davis Health Stadium. #GoAgs @DrABrashear

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Deconstructing infomercial-like Joe Rogan @joerogan video with Mel Gibson for risky, unproven stem cells https://t.co/zZoQy65H3k #stemcells #stemcell Joe how about having an academic stem cell scientist on your show?

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12 Sep

Postdoc positions available in the Brack lab to study muscle stem cell fate regulation during regeneration and aging. #computationalBiology , #livecellimaging, #cellmechanics, #singlecell, #stemcell, #cellmotility, #aging. Please RT.

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