Stem cell treatment cost is a big issue for patients now and longer term also for the stem cell field. If proven stem cell treatments end up costing too much then all that hard work to invent and test the therapies won’t have helped people much. Million or multi-million dollar new therapies are not so […]
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When you read “spam, spam, spam” do you think of Monty Python? I do. Some folks may immediately think of email spam. There might even be a connection between the ubiquitous email spam and the old Monty Python spam. See the video below. What’s spam got to do with stem cells? Is there stem cell
Celeb stem cell clinic shots series: John Cleese ‘spam’ edition Read More »
In a surprise, Dr. Masayo Takahashi has announced that she has left RIKEN. Takahashi indicates she will be new President of a company called Vision Care, Inc. as part of the Kobe Eye Center. I’ve pasted a picture of Takahashi’s Tweet with translation more toward the bottom of the post. A big thanks to Piero
Stem cell pioneer Masayo Takahashi (高橋 政代) leaves RIKEN Read More »
What are your weekend reads? Many of us scientists read up on specific articles over the weekend that caught our eye during the last week or two. Here are some of my weekend reads plus some other stuff that just generally looked really interesting or unusual. The list includes both primary papers and news articles
Stem cell & other science weekend reads: arteries, diabetes, iffy metaphors, & more Read More »
This post is a recap of some major points of Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 3 and The Battle of Winterfell. Before you go on, there are tons of SPOILERS ahead so stop and leave now if you don’t want to see them. Really, many SPOILERs so go away if you don’t want to
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What’s so great about a rainbow bagel? Bagels are a favorite of mine. I’d pick them any day over just about any kind of bread for a sandwich. Also, who doesn’t like rainbows, right? So if you mix bagels and rainbows together, the end result should be great. Shouldn’t it? To find out, on a
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There are many potential causes of erectile dysfunction or ED and a host of ideas about how to treat it. Some approaches to erectile dysfunction are evidence-based and even have been rigorously proven such as the drugs Viagra and Cialis, which increase blood flow to the penis. Depending on the causes of the dysfunction, these
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Historically, the main route of proposed healing via stem cell therapy was cell replacement. In this way of thinking the transplanted cells engrafted (took up home) in the patient’s tissue and replaced dead or diseased cells. However, interest continues to grow in other possible modes of healing by stem cells that don’t rely on cell
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By Jeanne Loring What can you do with cells that live forever and can make every cell type in the body? The answer is: remarkable things, as new reports of clinical trials using cell types derived from pluripotent stem cells indicate. Pluripotent stem cells are either derived from embryos donated from IVF procedures (human embryonic
Autologous or Allogeneic: a stem cell question (guest post from Jeanne Loring) Read More »
When you think of an ecosystem, do you imagine something like a forest or jungle full of different organisms? I usually do, but over the last few years I’ve also been thinking about this concept in a different way. I’ve been viewing the broad stem cell arena as an ecosystem. In that spirit, I’ve recently
Mapping & driving the stem cell ecosystem: key points of my new paper Read More »