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Weekend reads: WaPo blows it on COVID, paper-mill detector, adult pluripotent stem cells

December 10, 2022 / By / 5 Comments
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Imagine writing or editing an article for the WaPo about risky, unproven medical interventions for COVID that desperate patients might consider. Then you link directly to the websites selling this stuff in your article. What the heck? WaPo links to risky long COVID “treatments” By linking, you not only are driving customers to these firms, …

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The Niche weekend reads: Editas mess, The Niche updates, papers

October 3, 2021 / By / Leave a Comment

The news of the week relates to an interim clinical trial report from gene-editing firm Editas on its CRISPR trial for a form of vision loss. On to that in a minute. What have you been reading the past week? Below, I include our weekly list of recommended reads. However, first I wanted to give …

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Weekend cell biology reads: Mesoblast COVID-19 deal, pubs

June 7, 2022 / By / 5 Comments
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The COVID-19 pandemic is tearing through the country right as we are starting into the holiday season, but the wheels of science including cell biology keep going and we keep reading all the great work. What news or papers caught your eye? Here are some of the things I have on my list of reading. …

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Weekend recommended reads: Athersys, ALS, COVID-19, Fibroblasts, Zoom brain

February 1, 2021 / By / 3 Comments
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What are you reading these days and does it include topics like cell therapies for COVID-19, ALS, regenerative potential of fibroblasts, and why Zoom meetings are so tiring for the brain? I cover those topics and more below with recommended reads including papers and media items. Here’s last week’s recommended reads. Here’s to fibroblasts, which …

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Weekend reads include stem cell pubs, cancer link to heart disease, CRISPR babies & of course emu oil

February 1, 2021 / By / Leave a Comment
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Here in the U.S. we just had our big Thanksgiving holiday, but science goes, stem cells keep growing and needing attention, and it’s another weekend chance to catch up on our paper reading. Here’s this weekend edition of recommended reads including news items and pubs. From Cell Stem Cell: Single-Cell Transcriptome Analysis of Uniparental Embryos Reveals …

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Weekend reads: stem cells, CRISPR, glioma, stroke, RTT & more

February 1, 2021 / By / 8 Comments
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Every so often I realize I’ve accumulated a bunch of tabs on my browsers of things I need to dive into as time permits, which sometimes translates into a collection of recommended reads here on The Niche. Here are some recommended recent reads in the stem cell/regenerative medicine field and childhood cancer space. It includes …

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Stem cell & other science weekend reads: arteries, diabetes, iffy metaphors, & more

February 1, 2021 / By / 1 Comment
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What are your weekend reads? Many of us scientists read up on specific articles over the weekend that caught our eye during the last week or two. Here are some of my weekend reads plus some other stuff that just generally looked really interesting or unusual. The list includes both primary papers and news articles …

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Weekend reads: reversing death of pig brain cells, brain-gut stem cell link, plant stem cells, & more

February 1, 2021 / By / 2 Comments
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It’s been a cool week for stem cell and other associated kinds of research. In this post I have a series of links to a variety of interesting developments and papers. Gene therapy cures bubble boy infants. William Wan over at the WaPo on this good news. Nope, this wasn’t done with CRISPR, but rather …

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Weekend reads include herding brains, stem cells, & CRISPR

June 8, 2022 / By / Leave a Comment
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Every so often here on The Niche I list science and news articles worth a look as “weekend reads”. Below is my list for this weekend. Enjoy! The first article doesn’t really fit into the other main categories, but the title “herding brains” caught my eye. Stem Cells Stem cells and regenerative capacity in aging …

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TGIF Weekend Science Reads: stem cells, PRP, CIRM, CRISPR, & more

February 1, 2021 / By / 2 Comments
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What do you read on the weekend? I wish for me it was at least in part some contemporary novel or science fiction, but that’s rare. More often than not it is almost all science. I do read the Sunday NY Times at least. I usually accumulate things during the week that I want to …

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