American stem cell clinics put thousands of patients at risk each year through hawking expensive, unproven and unapproved medical interventions, and now Dr. Oz is reportedly taking them on in a new show set to air tomorrow. Those running the clinics have affixed the buzz phrase “stem cells” onto a whole range of stuff ranging …
Dr. Oz Explosive Exposé on Stem Cell Clinics Airs Tomorrow Read More »
It’s been a long road, but the first ever IPS cell clinical study in humans is starting up again in a new incarnation. You might say it has been regenerated in a novel form. Masayo Takahashi (高橋 政代) first started the pioneering IPS cell study a few years back in 2014, but it ended up …
Japan IPS cell trial for vision to start in new incarnation Read More »
As some of you readers know, in addition to being a scientist, I’m also an avid gardener and photographer. Every now and then I do posts on gardening or photography. I feel like I bring a scientist’s eye to the garden and that was true a few days ago when I captured the above picture of …
Fractals, fibonacci, & food: romanesco wows in garden Read More »
What’s more worrisome, potential disease-carrying mosquitoes or releasing self-perpetuating CRISPR gene drive out into the wide world to combat them? We know how the mosquitoes would answer that question, right? And they are fighting back, in a sense, at least in the context of experiments. Mosquitoes were able to develop resistance to gene drive intended …
Mosquitoes swat back via resistance to CRISPR gene drive Read More »
There’s always debate about stem cells and regenerative medicine, right? There are very strong opinions in our field. Here is a list of 10 current, provocative questions. I have my own ideas about the answers to these. Weigh in with comments with your answers. I’m going to do a follow up post with some discussion of the …
10 provocative stem cell questions: what are your answers? Read More »
The Scientists March on Washington (aka March for Science @ScienceMarchDC) is one of the biggest science movements I’ve ever seen. It’s gone from zero to sixty in about 2 seconds now with hundreds of thousands of supporters, but some important questions are arising about this event and its organizers. I continue to be enthusiastic about the March, but this week I’ve …
4 key questions for March for Science organizers & what info I gathered on them Read More »
In the whirlwind that is the stem cell and regenerative medicine world, there are many concerning things that need attention, but also good stuff happens too and this post focuses on the positive. The Asterias spinal cord injury clinical trial, a phase 1/2a trial called SCiStar, continues to make encouraging news with a clean safety profile …
Good stem cell news on trials, FDA, cool new papers & more Read More »
It was just over a decade ago that I started making websites and it’s been a wild ride. My first site was at the domain name www.chromatin.com, which I was fortunate to have been able to get for a good deal way back when…I think in 2005. You can see here an early 2007 copy …
~10th anniversary of my 1st website: reflecting on wild ride Read More »
The first ten days of Donald Trump’s presidency have been just as extreme as many had feared including those of us in the scientific community, but the early reactions of scientists to fight Trump’s agenda have been encouraging. We’ve collectively been sparked to “get out of the lab” and do something about it. There are many …
Scientists battle Trump agenda on multiple fronts Read More »
