This Week in Stem Cells With Dr. K., Episode 2
Topics: –two papers on stem cell-based tissue engineering and one on stem cell treatments for heart disease, –the Republican candidates for President –the media –the world cup of stem cells (soccer).
Stem cell tourism: from bad to worse from 2010-2011
At last year’s ISSCR 2010 Meeting in San Francisco, President Irv Weissman talked about the dangers of unvalidated stem cell treatments. He talked about the responsibility of stem cell scientists to stand against these and the importance for scientists not to endorse or serve on advisory committees of companies peddling such products and “therapies”. As …
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What cancer has taught me 584 days into my battle
As some of you know, I had prostate cancer in 2009 and by the looks of the pathology report, it seemed like a bad one. Part of my own unique experience of being a cancer patient is that I also happen to be a cancer biologist. You might think this would be helpful, but really …
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Confessions of a stem cell blogger
You might enjoy this post of mine: confessions of a stem cell blogger
Announcing Stem Cell Podcast
I am now doing a weekly stem cell podcast highlighting the most important developments in the stem cell world from my perspective. You can find the podcasts on this page on the top of my website. The first one is there for your listening pleasure. This series of podcasts is called “This week in stem …
Portraying sci-fi about stem cells and aging as reality: unhelpful hype
I believe that stem cells may at some point allow people to live slightly longer, maybe a couple years on average. However, I think they have the potential to dramatically increase the quality of life during the time we are alive. My colleague Amy Adams over at the CIRM research blog had a great post …
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Stem Cell Fireworks: what would our founding fathers think?
Happy 4th of July everyone! In American history, another year has passed since our independence and it’s been one, in the stem cell field, of plenty of fireworks and more is sure to come. We have had the beginnings of three FDA-approved human ES cell-based clinical trials and also trials of other sorts meaning the …
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Obama 2012 Poll
What are your plans for voting in 2012? Please take our poll.
Take home message from our FDA poll: please move faster!
Recently I posted a poll to my readers asking them how they felt about the FDA and stem cells. The results (See above) are in and our readers largely agree with each other. Their take home message to the FDA? Move faster, please! A surprising 83% of respondents want the FDA to move faster, and …
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Why I am super optimistic about CIRM’s future
In the last week, a number of newspapers in California have run articles or editorials about CIRM, some negative. I think in part this attention was stimulated by the Election of a new Chair at CIRM. The new Chair for CIRM is Dr. Jonathan Thomas, who I am confident will do an outstanding job. On …