What are the most significant stem cell and regenerative medicine good news stories of 2024? Since it has been an eventful year, there are many possibilities. Please see our poll at the bottom of this post and weigh in on what you think is the most important encouraging news. If you don’t see your choice […]
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It’s time to update our data on stem cell therapy cost. See our informational post on stem cell therapy cost too. 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.
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The amount of biomedical science hype out there is mindboggling at times, but some media or other items really take the cake for being exceptionally bad. Today’s post highlights the worst of the year 2021 as the candidates for my annual The Screamers science hype award. Click on the link in the previous sentence to
The State of California is considering re-funding its stem cell agency, CIRM, to the tune of more than $5 billion dollars, but the issue has generated surprisingly little media attention. The main coverage has been by David Jensen over at California Stem Cell Report. Prop 14 polling data non-existent in public domain To my knowledge,
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Back at the beginning of the year I surveyed you readers here on The Niche about the future of CIRM and whether California voters would approve more funding for it in November. That funding effort is now on the ballot as Proposition 14. A month earlier late in 2019 in my yearly 20 predictions for
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It’s helpful for me to learn about the readers of this blog The Niche in terms of who you are and your backgrounds. Because some people may want to vote more than once on the types of posts they like the most, I’ve allowed re-voting on that poll. Free stuff Those who participate and leave
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Take our poll: what will be the fates of the stem cell clinic firms sued by the FDA one year from now in October 2019? To be clear, I am asking for your predictions, not what you hope will be the situation a year from now. U.S. Stem Cell, Inc. (USRM) and California Stem Cell
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One of the most common questions about stem cells is economic as patients ask about stem cell treatment cost. How much is the price tag? Empowered with information patients can start thinking like consumers and look out for their own interests more vigorously. I’ve blogged and done polls before about how much patients self-report having paid
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Here’s out latest poll: What will Trump admin do about embryonic stem cells?
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Will NgAgo strongly challenge CRISPR in coming years? Take our poll and also see the results to find out what others thought. 2020 update: NgoAgo has ending up going nowhere, but 4 years ago we didn’t know that would be it’s fate although some of us were skeptical early on.
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