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Weekly reads: abundant Abcam prices, speedy aging & cancer, stemmy CAR-T, more on STAP

April 14, 2024 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 3 Comments

When a vendor of important reagents like antibody supplier Abcam charges big money, those high Abcam prices could negatively impact research in the long run. Some of the prices are so high that buying just a few antibodies could take up a small but meaningful slice of an entire R01 grant. Sky-high Abcam prices I’ve […]

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22 best biology & stem cell blogs for 2022

April 27, 2022 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / Leave a Comment

Today’s post lists the best stem cell blogs and more generally the top biology blogs as well as websites. Making lists of “the best” of anything is fun yet it can be tricky. However, I feel that it can also serve a purpose as a resource. You might also enjoy these other “top” lists I’ve

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Therapeutic misconception & the planned Duke Cryo-Cell cord clinic

November 23, 2021 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 12 Comments

Duke Cryo-Cell therapeutic misconception

One of the core problems in the world of unproven stem cell clinics is something called therapeutic misconception. I’ll talk more about that in a minute, but first, let me tell you what brought this to mind now. Surprisingly, the story starts at Duke University. A Duke cell therapy team and the biotech Cryo-Cell have big

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20 best biology & stem cell blogs for 2021

June 25, 2020 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / Leave a Comment

Today’s post lists the best stem cell blogs and more generally the top biology blogs as well as websites. Making lists of “the best” of anything is fun yet tricky. However, I feel that it can also serve a purpose as a resource. You might also enjoy these other “top” lists I’ve done including List of

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Field throws stem cells for COVID-19 like spaghetti on the wall

May 13, 2020 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 12 Comments

The idea of testing stem cells for COVID-19 may be music to the ears of some folks as an opportunity, but to me from the beginning it sounded mostly like a spaghetti on the wall road to trouble. There is buzz out there that some kind of stem cells or other cells will help with

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20 Stem Cell Person of The Year 2017 Award Nominees

November 26, 2017 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

Nominations have closed for the 2017 Stem Cell Person of the Year Award and we have a great group of nominees. I’ve listed them below in alphabetical order, along with a bit of description of who they are, which includes in some cases the language used by the nominator(s). Where possible I’ve included a link

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