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The Odd Couple of Cloning Research: Mitalipov & Woo Suk Hwang Unite

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Remember that old TV show the Odd Couple with very proper Felix Unger and his polar opposite Oscar Madison who has all kinds of baggage? They’ve cloned it into a remake to be on TV soon here in the US in 2015. It seems only fitting then that actual human cloning research has a new …

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Blog readers investigate BioGatekeeper, the Yamanaka patent challenger

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Who is trying, via the name BioGatekeeper, Inc., to nullify Yamanaka’s patent on cellular reprogramming to produce induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells? The readers of this blog never cease to amaze me. What an informed, energetic, bright group. Within just days they may have collectively shed some light on an intriguing mystery in the stem cell field surrounding the …

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TGIF: 1,000th Blog Post

Yesterday I published a post that was important for two reasons. First it announced the 12 finalists for the Stem Cell Person of the Year 2013 Award. Second, it was the 1,000th post on this blog. How the heck did that happen? Cheers! Happy Friday!  

Was Einstein Wrong About Insanity?

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Was Einstein wrong on his definition of insanity? “Insanity”, said Einstein, “is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” But in science, how sane is it to expect experiments to give precisely the same results? How big a problem is irreproducibility in science? Experiments on that question have given variable …

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Delightful overview of ISSCR 2013 by guest blogger Dr. Susan Lim

By Dr. Susan Lim A record 4100 delegates attended the 11th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), held at the Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston from 12-15 June 2013. Co-sponsored by the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, the Meeting featured 7 Plenary sessions including a Presidential Symposium, 20 concurrent scientific …

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