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Weekly reads: NAM dubs 3 stem cell researchers, kick the 2 buckets, stem cell homing

October 22, 2022 / By / Leave a Comment
Sally Temple, stem cell researchers

The National Academy of Medicine elected a cohort of new members including three stem cell researchers. It’s great to see our field and these great scientists get recognition. The new NAM stem cell researchers include Sally Temple, Connie Eaves, and Tippie MacKenzie. Here’s a little bit about each of them. Dr. Temple is a stem cell biologist …

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Parkinson’s disease stem cell therapy research update

October 11, 2022 / By / 1 Comment
Parkinson's disease stem cell therapy

When I first started The Niche more than a dozen years ago, I hoped we’d see a Parkinson’s disease stem cell therapy by now. A proven one. I was a little too optimistic back then. Now in 2022, I know much better how hard translation to the bedside can be in general. Still, I’m hopeful. …

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How brain organoids are transforming research

September 14, 2023 / By / Leave a Comment
Human brain organoids Knoepfler Lab.

Organoids including brain organoids are an exciting, relatively new area of research. This technology is having a powerful impact on biomedical science, which is the focus of today’s post. What’s in this post Definition of organoids | Brain organoids | Challenges for mini-brains | Cutting edge cerebral organoids | References Definition of organoids and brain organoids …

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Is embryonic stem cell research a target after Roe?

June 27, 2022 / By / 1 Comment
Knoepfler lab stem cells

When I first started this blog back in 2010 the most contentious issue on the more political side of our field was federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. It was something you couldn’t take for granted. Some history on embryonic stem cell funding in the US There were times back then when funding of …

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Explainer on 293 or HEK cells and their use in COVID vaccine research

January 31, 2024 / By / 4 Comments
HEK 293 cells Knoepfler Lab

A type of human cells used in research called HEK cells or 293s has been much in the news lately. This is mainly related to COVID-19 vaccine research. There seem to be many misunderstandings about 293 cells. For that reason, I thought I’d do this post to clear things up. I’ve been working with these …

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Weekly reads & stem cell news: New York axes NYSTEM, fetal tissue rules reversed, pubs & more

April 18, 2021 / By / Leave a Comment
stem cell book

It’s been a week with a wide variety of regenerative medicine papers and stem cell news. Here’s my earlier take from a few days ago on the Belmonte-led human-monkey chimeric embryo paper in Cell that broke this week. A few days ago I also put up a new video on our Stem Cell YouTube Channel …

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Trump, GOP hypocrisy on Regeneron COVID-19 fetal, stem cell work

June 7, 2022 / By / 9 Comments
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Are Trump and the Republican Party showing major hypocrisy over Trump’s use of experimental COVID-19 therapies in part developed by Regeneron using embryonic and fetal cells? The Internet is kind of blowing up over this. Trump’s collision with stem cells For example, people are directly confronting Trump on Twitter over his recent all caps tweet …

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Lessons from when embryonic stem cell research was illegal

April 21, 2023 / By / 2 Comments
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We kind of take for granted these days that embryonic stem cell research can proceed without any restrictions, at least at the federal level. However, in the early days of blogging here on The Niche the big debate and battle were over federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. Things got very complicated and for …

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US Senate bill would ban embryonic stem cell research

February 1, 2021 / By / 13 Comments
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Here we go again with people trying to ban funding of embryonic stem cell research. Really? Yes, including according to a new article from the Catholic News Agency. Who is trying to get this ban? Some Republicans in The U.S. Senate. I’ve wondered for years if the Trump Administration might take action against embryonic stem …

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The future of California stem cell research & CIRM

February 1, 2021 / By / 1 Comment
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The four words “California stem cell research” go nicely together and I hope they will continue to resonate in a special way to people around the world in the coming decade. We are at a crossroads for stem cell research in California as the original form of the California Stem Cell Agency (CIRM) winds down. …

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