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Mit nevezünk őssejtnek?

January 11, 2013 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

Hungarian Mit nevezünk őssejtnek? Az emberi test több száz különböző, a mindennapi életünkhöz nélkülözhetetlen sejttípusból épül fel. Ezen sejtek biztosítják testünk folyamatos működését, felelősek szívverésünkért, azért, hogy agyunk gondolkodik, vesénk megtisztítja vérünket, hogy lekopó bőrsejtjeink pótlódnak stb. Az őssejtek egyedi feladata az összes különféle működő sejttípus előállítása. Az őssejtek felelősek az új sejtek képződéséért. Az […]

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Some thoughts on the Araki Nature iPS cell paper: an advance, but a few key caveats

January 9, 2013 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

I’ve already talked with science writer Ed Yong about the new Nature iPS cell paper Araki, et al. (you can read Ed’s well-written piece here and you can another one on it by another one of my favorite writers, Monya Baker here), which suggests that iPS cells don’t trigger much in the way of an immune

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A great day for stem cell research: more on SCOTUS & details on BioTime news

January 7, 2013 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

Today the Supreme Court announced it would not hear the Sherley v Sebelius case, ending the court battle that has left embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) in what I’ve called a “big chill”. This is great news. It is all over the mainstream media. Even the rampant anti-science, pro-lifers have declared defeat. I’m not going

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Sherley v Sebelius: Will SCOTUS hear the case? What happens if it does?

January 6, 2013 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

The buzz topic in the stem cell field right now is whether the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) will take up the Sherley v Sebelius (S v S) case over the legality of federal funding of embryonic stem cell research in the U.S. The SCOTUS decision as to whether to hear the S v S should

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Stem cell jobs page: free postings for job openings & seekers

January 4, 2013 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

Behind the scenes I get a lot of emails from employers in the stem cell/cell therapy/regenerative medicine fields looking for good prospective employees I might know. At the same time, I get a lot of emails from job seekers asking me to let them know if there are any openings I might know about. I’ve

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Nuggets and pyrite in Businessweek article on Celltex

January 4, 2013 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 4 Comments

Businessweek just published a very long, interesting article on Celltex by Susan Berfield yesterday. I was happy to talk with Susan at length about the key issues and be quoted in the article. See image at left of two key Celltex leaders, David Eller, CEO of Celltex, and Stan Jones above (Photograph by Thomas Prior

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Update on Stem Cell Person of the Year 2012

January 3, 2013 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

My blog’s Stem Cell Person of the Year 2012 yielded about 30 nominations and 16 finalists who were candidates in an online vote that is now complete. More than 4,600 votes were cast including about 1,000 in less than one day after the voting started. The online vote is but one factor in my decision on

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Stem cell blog of the year 2012: stemcellassays.com by Alexey Bersenev

January 1, 2013 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

Stem cell blogs make a big contribution to the stem cell world. Which is the best? It’s a tough choice. This year my pick is stemcellassays.com by Alexey Bersenev as 2012 Stem Cell Blog of the Year. You can also follow Alexey on Twitter here. Congrats to Alexey. Alexey’s blog consistently is outstanding in that it

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Barbra Streisand: stem cell advocate

December 30, 2012 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

Yesterday I was visiting L.A. and happened by the Walk of Fame, seeing many stars including the one of Barbra Streisand (below). Streisand has been doing interviews (see article here ) for both TV and newspapers regarding her advocacy for heart disease research for women. Interestingly, this interest of Streisand’s directly involves stem cells according to

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Predictions for the stem cell field for 2013: but first how did I do predicting for 2012?

December 26, 2012 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

Every year I make predictions about what the following year will bring us in the stem cell field. For example, last year I made some predictions for 2012 and I shortly will do a post on my predictions for 2013. First, how did I do with my predictions for this year, which I made in

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