Sometimes I write about trips and travel here on The Niche. couple days ago we explored Brooklyn. We first took the subway to the City Hall stop in Manhattan (the best for walking the Bridge) and then walked across the Brooklyn Bridge. It’s about 1.2 miles and a fun walk, although on our walk it was …
Here’s another edition of my posts over the years in my series ‘The Scientist in the Garden’. Can gardening teach us some important things about stem cells and about doing science more generally? Regular readers of this blog know that I am really into gardening and especially during the last 5 or so years I’ve been …
Scientist in the Garden: lessons for stem cells & science Read More »
A company called Bioquark reportedly claims it intends to bring back the dead, as in deceased people or at least brain dead people, with stem cells. Or at least awaken their brains. If it works, would those people be like zombies? Is it ethical to experiment in this way on dead people? We first met …
Bioquark “reawaken” the dead with stem cells plan just zombie fodder? Read More »
The late Ted Harada, who was my 2016 Stem Cell Person of the Year, was a powerful patient advocate for stem cells and for ALS patients. Each year I give out a Stem Cell Person of the Year Award including a $2,000 prize that I provide myself to the winner, and Ted won that last …
Honoring stem cell advocate Ted Harada, $2,000 donation to Emory ALS Center Read More »
New human clinical trials using derivatives of pluripotent stem cells in China for Parkinson’s Disease (PD) have raised expectations and some eyebrows. PD is a neurodegenerative condition, sometimes diagnosed or followed by PET scans such as the one at left, characterized by loss of dopaminergic neurons leading to severe and sometimes life-threatening symptoms. Pluripotent stem …
How risky are stem cell trials for Parkinson’s beginning in China? Read More »
