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Khloé & Kim Kardashian stem cell adventures in Mexico, MUSE cells raise concerns

November 19, 2025 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 6 Comments

In the past, when people have asked about Kim Kardashian stem cell treatments, they usually meant those vampire facelifts she did years ago. It’s hard to forget the blood-smeared face. However, that’s not really a stem cell treatment. It’s good that Kim later expressed regrets about vampire facelifts due to the pain involved. From a […]

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Weekly reads: cats, COVID, Muse cells, cancer stem cells, MS

November 15, 2020 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

There have been many other interesting scientific and specifically regenerative medicine developments and papers this past week including with CIRM and exciting CIRM funding to UC Davis so read on, but first a somewhat random question: are you more of a cat person or dog person? I’d say I’m both. But our big dog is

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MUSE cells are in 4 Japanese stem cell trials despite doubts

November 17, 2019 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 16 Comments

Professor-Mari-Dezawa-talking-about-MUSE-cells-on-national-TV-in-Japan.-Screenshot.

The stem cell universe is populated by sometimes mysterious acronyms (see an image of a whole alphabet stem cell acronym soup), many of which refer to specific kinds of stem cells including one nebulous type called MUSE cells. MUSE cells clinical trials I’m not convinced that MUSE cells exist, but oddly there appear to be

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Wild History of VSELs Predicts Future of STAP Cells?

April 4, 2014 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

Very small embryonic-like stem cells aka VSELs are reported to be tiny adult stem cells that are pluripotent or non-existent depending on whom you talk to most recently or which paper you just read. These very controversial cells (which I once compared to the Sasquatch) have a wildly fluctuating history with their existence on multiple occasions

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MUSE cells

Khloé & Kim Kardashian stem cell adventures in Mexico, MUSE cells raise concerns

Weekly reads: cats, COVID, Muse cells, cancer stem cells, MS

MUSE cells are in 4 Japanese stem cell trials despite doubts

Wild History of VSELs Predicts Future of STAP Cells?

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