Some recent developments in the stem cell world are worth a look.
I’ve posted the headlines verbatim and the links to some of these stem cell news bites below.
NIH Plans To Lift Ban On Research Funds For Part-Human, Part-Animal Embryos. NIH may allow funding of human-animal chimeras in certain cases.
Stem cell ‘tourists’ flock to Australia. How many stem cell clinics are there in Australia?
ICYMI: Leigh Turner and my Cell Stem Cell paper on US Clinics. The stem cell clinic situation in the U.S.
Brunswick woman taking gamble that stem cells will restore vision. A risky and costly experimental intervention.
Singapore scientists grow human ‘midbrain’ from stem cells. What can’t be grown with organoids?
Stem Cells and the Frozen Zoo. How cool and important.
Related Posts
Some stem cell clinics respond to Cell Stem Cell paper with ‘not me, them’- Important Rasko team paper on global distribution of stem cell clinics
- News bites: CIRM, anti-MSCs, & human eggs from stem cells
- Perspectives: Nature editorial on stem cell oversight & clinics gets it right
- Listen to Leigh Turner’s interview on Science Friday on our stem cell clinic paper
- New paper shows huge American stem cell clinic industry: 570 locations
