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The Niche foreign language outreach program: 2.5 million readsThere was a time when The Niche was just about the only stem cell blog or even stem cell-dedicated website more generally across the globe. I realized early on that I needed to reach people who don’t speak English or for whom English is not their first language. This goal…
Weekly reads: our new brain tumor paper, levitation, dear doctor, Japan, more
There’s nothing quite like getting a new paper out as a scientist running a research lab so this week we …
Thoughts on death of stem cell clinic leader Dr. Mark Berman
Over the past dozen years as I’ve written about stem cell clinics here on The Niche I’ve gotten to know …
Overplaying N=1 in the stem cell therapy world
The regular emails and phone calls I get from patients asking questions about stem cell therapy are a powerful reminder …
Weekly reads: neural stem cells, CRISPR brain, Vertex, cytoplasm surprise
Some people consider the brain to be equivalent to a living computer and in that sense it’s too bad that …
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