The Republican Party is really the “kill them all and let God sort them out” kind of party. Their latest craziness in the arena of science is toying with the notion of shutting down the NIH entirely or at least the ability of NIH to issue any new grants. So perhaps their new mantra is …
Kill them all and let God sort them out: what happens if the Republicans shut down NIH? Read More »
You can pick more than one in our poll on the induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS cell) method that you prefer.
A year ago I did a post on scientific peer review and the dreaded Dr. No, but have things gotten any better? No. From everyone I have talked to, the answer would seem to be quite the contrary–things continue to move in the wrong direction. If you are not a scientist, but care about stem cell …
I Still Hate Your Paper: Dr. No and the Editors that are ruining Peer Review Read More »
After my post 2 months ago about the pressure I have received to stop doing this stem cell blog, I have been flooded with positive feedback (including by some of the top bigwigs in the stem cell field who chose to remain anonymous) and I have been inundated with questions. They had many different comments, …
Who wants to shut down this stem cell blog and why? Read More »
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Our focus in this podcast is more on hard core stem cell and regenerative medicine science, and includes my choice for the paper of the week. –human neural stem cells aid recovery from brain irradiation of the kind used to treat brain cancer –paper of the week: transdifferentiation of fibroblasts to make functional neurons using …
I recently did a poll on people’s plans for voting in the 2012 Presidential Election here in the U.S. Would they vote for Obama? Someone else? The results are in (see above) and readers of this blog overall seem to like Obama. 55% of respondents will vote for Obama no matter who the other candidates …
Stem Cell Tourism is a blanket term now used to refer to patients receiving non-FDA approved stem cell treatments either by traveling here within the U.S. or more often outside the U.S. Clinics are sprouting up all over the world offering treatments based on stem cells. The science behind these is often non-existent. Most stem …
Stem cell tourism disaster coming: my case for caution Read More »
Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) announced today that it has treated two patients in its clinical trials: one for Stargardt’s Macular Dystrophy (see official trial page for a lot more info) and one for Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration (see official trial page here for a lot more info). The patients underwent the treatment at UCLA and each …
There has been a largely media-fed hullabaloo about the salary for the new Chair of CIRM, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, $400,000. Now don’t get me wrong, that sounds like a lot of money to me personally, but we need to put it in perspective and when we do, the salary is reasonable and …
California pays its sports coaches alone more than the entire payroll of CIRM Read More »