Weekly reads: stem cell videos, cystic fibrosis, papers

As part of our weekly reads I’m including one of my latest videos in our Stem Cell Channel on YouTube below.

This particular video fact-checks stem cell face creams, but I’ve got quite a few more including on stem cell supplements, different kinds of stem cells and more. You might guess my view of such creams, but if you want to learn more you can either watch the video or check out my original post on stem cell face creams. If you like our videos please subscribe to the channel.

Overall, if you search on Google or YouTube for stem cell videos you can find a huge number.

I’ve got a screen shot of the first ones that show up with an Internet search. There are many videos out there from stem cell clinics and firms that promote them, unfortunately.

Scroll down in this post for recommended science papers and news.

Stem Cell Videos and webinars

Also check out this handy resource page of ISSCR on-demand programming on stem cells. These are stem cell research talks.

The videos of talks are free to ISSCR members. If you’re not a member, you’ll have to decide if the cost is worth it for  particular video or maybe considering joining.

Recommended stem cell pubs

• Targeted replacement of full-length CFTR in human airway stem cells by CRISPR/Cas9 for pan-mutation correction in the endogenous locus, Molecular Therapy. This has translational relevance to cystic fibrosis. If enough airway cells with mutant CFTR could be corrected by gene editing, it could have a big impact on patient health and quality of life. See this piece by Ricki Lewis last fall here on The Niche: Can Gene-Edited Stem Cells Treat Cystic Fibrosis?
• Rapid reprogramming of tumour cells into cancer stem cells on double-network hydrogels, Nature Biomedical Engineering
• DOT1L inhibitors block abnormal self-renewal induced by cohesin loss, Scientific Reports. I don’t know why but somehow DOT1L always struck me as a funny name for a histone modifying enzyme.
• The law and problematic marketing by private umbilical cord blood banks, BMC Medical Ethics. This comes from Tim Caulfield and colleagues. You can read The Niche’s take on umbilical cord banking including a handy infographic.
• Human brain organoids assemble functionally integrated bilateral optic vesicles, Preprint. Another brain organoids story.
• Corticosterone inhibits GAS6 to govern hair follicle stem-cell quiescence, Nature. This paper provides insights into how stress impacts hair growth.