Would you eat a burger made from stem cells or what we call a test tube burger? Take our polls. If you answered either “Probably not” or “No way!”, why? Take our 2nd poll below. If you answered “Probably” or “Definitely Yes!” please take the 3rd poll.
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What is a pluripotent stem cell and which version is the best? Adult stem cells are very powerful and important, but it is basically now an established fact that pluripotent stem cells will have important, unique applications in the clinic. Adult stem cells are not a panacea and we need pluripotent stem cells too. But
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I recently did a poll asking people if they are or are not going to ISSCR and in either case, why. The results (at right) are pretty interesting. The #1 answer was that respondents were not going and the reason was that attending would be too expensive. Two other reasons given for not attending (tied
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I’ve been running a poll on just how similar iPS cells are to ES cells. Most respondents do not think iPS cells are functionally identical to ES cells as only 18% said they were identical. Double that number say unequivocally that iPS cells are not functionally the same as ES cells. The greatest number of
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Poll on this question: are iPS cells and ES cells functionally identical?
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I was going to have a quick lunch of a delicious bowl of soup today and after a couple bites, I noticed a thick, dark curly hair in my soup. Crap! After my head shaving (see pic at that link) for the St. Baldrick’s fundraiser 2 months or so ago, which I did along with my
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I put up a poll asking readers what the single most important issue is today for the future of science. You can still vote. Going into this I thought “funding” would come out of top, but instead by a large margin readers voiced most concern over the anti-science climate in the U.S. It really is
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What is the most important single issue for the future of science? Take our poll!
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What is the biggest Stem Cell News of the Year? 2011 was a busy year for stem cell and regenerative medicine news. Take our Poll! Weigh in with comments to please. You may choose more than one answer.
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Recently I polled my readers on how they make iPS cells and what the best method is in their opinion. The surprising results to date are above. The first thing that is striking is how dominant the Yamanaka method remains after 5 years. Despite scads of papers reporting new methods that are supposedly better in
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