Early in the pandemic I was looking for something to do outdoors that was fun and new, finally settling on birding. Why? I have been interested in nature and photography since I was a kid but only occasionally had the chance to actually combine the two. Inspired in part by my colleague Jonathan Eisen here …
So many things have gotten very expensive these days that it got me thinking this past week again about stem cell cost. For this reason, I’ve been running polls asking people what they’ve paid for stem cells and how many therapies they’ve gotten. Before jumping into our weekly reads, check out those running polls on …
Weekly reads: stem cell cost, trial death, HSCT for MS, Neuralink Read More »
It’s time to update our data on stem cell therapy cost. For that, in part, I’m polling the readership of The Niche. What did you pay in the last few years for stem cell treatment of any kind? I’m aiming to get data for 2023. Stem cell therapy cost estimation To get a sense of …
Totipotency literally means all powerful, but it refers in biology to specific cells. These cells can make every type of cell in the body of an organism plus the extraembryonic tissues needed for development. This includes humans. So if you could reprogram human cells like blood or skin cells into totipotent stem cells, you might …
Weekly reads: gene therapy nod, Nature pub ethics, CRISPR LDL Read More »
How to email a professor without making a mistake that causes problems or makes a bad impression? What do we professors expect of such emails? I sometimes forget that what seems simple to me now, like how to even start an email to a professor, can feel very different to students and other trainees. Even …
I’ve written before about Liz Parrish and her life-extension firm BioViva. Now they appear to have connections with another entity called Integrated Health Systems or IHS, according to a new Wired article. Some of what is going on with IHS and maybe BioViva in Mexico seems extremely risky to me. BioViva, Parrish, and Integrated Health Systems The …
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Unproven stem cell clinic firm US Stem Cell and many others are apparently facing potential malpractice lawsuits. How it came to light via US Stem itself is somewhat surprising. US Stem Cell and malpractice notice The news popped up in an SEC filing by US Stem Cell, which I wasn’t even sure was still active …
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Are long telomeres better than short ones? What about older folks lengthening their telomeres somewhat or stabilizing the length? Could this counter aging? As with many things, the story is far more complicated than we might hope. For background, telomeres are special structures protecting the ends of chromosomes. I remember as a young student that …
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I’ve been writing The Niche now for more than 13 years and the idea of stem cells for ALS has been around that whole time. Unfortunately, it has been slow going on this front, but there are still reasons for hope. Probably now much more than ever before. I’ll start with news on one path …
Weekly reads: stem cells for ALS, cell wrinkles, editors quit Read More »
I often get asked about where things stand with stem cell therapy for back pain, which is the focus of today’s post. Back pain is a complex condition with many potential causes. New treatments are needed as existing approaches often don’t work that well. What about stem cells? Stem cell therapy or other cell therapy …