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Labeled diagram of the skin & skin stem cells in researchI’ve been teaching Histology here at UC Davis School of Medicine for more than 12 years and I lecture on skin among other topics so I’ve made more than one labeled diagram of the skin over the years. I’ve included some in this post. First, below you can see a…
When people find out that I’m a stem cell researcher, a common question is whether there’s something they can take …
Patients regularly reach out and ask me about something called HSCT. “What is HSCT?” and is it proven as a …
How promising is the idea of stem cells for MS? I have been working slowly as time permits on a …
An FDA FOIA dump of text messages of former Commissioner Stephen Hahn suggests that a Texas regenerative firm called Direct Biologics …
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