Weekly Reads

The Niche’s recommended Weekly Reads on stem cell research and regenerative medicine.

Weekly reads: hit pause on human life, CIRM pause, 23andMe data, blast from the past

Remember cryonics, the idea that you could hit pause on human life? This relies on the super-cold power of liquid nitrogen or some other ultra-freezing method. Apparently cryonics is still a thing and there are people with even just their heads frozen. A new story claims a different way to hit the pause button on […]

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Weekly reads: test-tube burgers, CRISPR for space travel, more tuft cells

test-tube burger

I’ve written before about so-called test-tube burgers and bacon and other lab grown meat. Test-tube burgers Cells like muscle and fat progenitor cells are the basis for these products. Sometimes stem cells may come into play for such “test-tube burgers” as I generally call this type of lab meat. Cost seems to be a main

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Weekly reads: George Church’s stem cell startup GC Therapeutics, coral for knees, blast from the past

Parastoo Khoshakhlagh, Alex Ng, GC Therapeutics

It’s always fun to see startups with cool ideas in the regenerative medicine space and a new one called GC Therapeutics got some nice coverage this week. What do you think the name of this firm stands for? I have one main idea I mention below. Before we jump into it, I want to introduce

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Weekly reads: Doritos mice, in vivo reprogramming, iPS cells for diabetes, MYC, uterine stem cells

Doritos and mice

What do you get when you mix Doritos and mice? Apparently see-through mice. Of course, it’s not that simple but the finding related to Doritos has captured people’s attention. Doritos and mice I’ve had several people ask me about the Doritos orange dye and “transparent mice” paper. It is interesting that the orange dye in

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Weekly reads: Parkinson’s & the gut, sports, cat stem cells

stem cells for Parkinson's, Parkinson's

I’ve met people who are excited about using stem cells for Parkinson’s Disease. Some of these folks have Parkinson’s or are loved ones. Talking to them makes things real. It feel personal and not just scientific. The current treatment options are far away from what is needed for many people. I am optimistic that a

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Weekly reads: Vertex stem cells for diabetes, storing iPS cells on the Moon, science hype award nominees

Felicia Pagliuca, stem cells for diabetes

How is research looking on stem cells for diabetes? I’m feeling more encouraged about the clinical research in that area. Before we jump into that let’s talk about two other things.  The big news of the week was the felony plea deal by Liveyon’s John Kosolcharoen to charges related to marketing an unapproved cell therapy

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Recommended reads: regeneration by fasting & cancer, Time’s kid of the year, Hayflick death

Lizard growing new tail, regeneration

If only humans could master regeneration. It seems like that would open the door to far better health. Maybe to longer life too. We can see how many other creatures innately can regenerate organs. I can see it in the lizards that run around in my garden. Every now and then I see one with

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Weekly stem cell reads: AI-human hybrids, eye drops, Cell Surgical Network case delay

Seven_of_nine, Borg, stem cell

Before we jump into our weekly stem cell and regenerative medicine reads, check out my new video on our stem cell YouTube channel below on robots with human brain tissue. In that video, I discuss the integration of computers and other technologies into the human body. When involving the brain, these technologies are often called

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Weekly reads: stem cell shampoo, Neobiosis FDA warning, trogocytosis

stem cell shampoo

Even for a stem cell research wonk like me the broader regenerative arena never ceases to surprise me with the latest thing being stem cell shampoo. Stem cell shampoo A news item that seems promotional discussed the stem cell shampoo as yielding positive results. So after you are done with your vampire facelift, stem cell

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Recommended reads: Stem cells in Japan, iPS cells for COVID & hearts, He Jiankui

fruit fly intestine, stem cells in Japan

How are things going with regenerative medicine and stem cells in Japan? It’s still an exciting time there, but I’ve noted a sense that it is a time of transition too in some ways. For example, government funding is perhaps less certain than in the past. Let’s start with a few articles on how the

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