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Therapeutic misconception & the planned Duke Cryo-Cell cord clinicOne of the core problems in the world of unproven stem cell clinics is something called therapeutic misconception. I’ll talk…
Weekly reads: R01 grant trends, DPPA4, adult human neurogenesis debate
Great ideas and talented scientists are not enough as biomedical research needs funding and here in the U.S. that means …
New suit for vision loss against Cell Surgical Network clinic
A stem cell clinic in the Cell Surgical Network chain has just been sued allegedly for causing vision loss in …
Answering reader questions: snorting stem cells, Regenexx, exosomes
One of the most interesting parts of running The Niche is that I get all these questions about stem cells …
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