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Sanford-Burnham: We are Not Collaborating with Stemáge Stem Cell Cream

February 1, 2021 / By

A new stem cell cosmetic cream, Stemáge, being pitched by former super model Kathy Ireland in YouTube commercials has made a number of claims. They have also used suggestive language that they (or their apparently affiliated company Scharp Technologies) were collaborating with what is, in my opinion, one of the best research institutions in the world: …

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Natalie DeWitt Must-Read Comment on Cell Cloning Paper Mishap

February 1, 2021 / By / 3 Comments
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Occasionally I call out a particularly important comment by a reader on a major issue and today it is commenter Natalie DeWitt (see my earlier interview with her about her experiences at Nature’s The Niche) who has contributed a particularly insightful, knowledgable comment on my recent perspective piece the Cell cloning paper mishap. Many in the …

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Kathy Ireland Stemáge Stem Cell Product: Part 1, is it a drug?

February 1, 2021 / By / 7 Comments
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I was alerted by a friend to the fact that there are now YouTube ads for stem cell products popping up, and one such ad features supermodel Kathy Ireland pitching for something called Stemáge Skin Care. Updated (May 23): note that preliminary word from Sanford-Burnham is that they are not collaborating on Stemáge. Today’s post is …

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Stem Cell Field Shocker: Coalition for Advancement of Medical Research (CAMR) to Dissolve

February 1, 2021 / By / 6 Comments

The Board of Directors of the Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research (CAMR) announced today that they have voted to dissolve the organization. CAMR is effectively at an end. The CAMR Board has decided, as described in an email, to “transfer its mission and its resources to an outstanding colleague organization, the Alliance for Regenerative …

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Stem cell field stumbles on cloning dialogue

February 1, 2021 / By / 4 Comments
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We had the big news last week that for the first time ever, human embryo cloning (aka “therapeutic cloning”) worked to produce apparently normal embryonic stem cells. I posted about it a few times here, here, and here. I have tried my best to be factual, open minded, and realistic about the issues. Frankly, the …

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Deja you: human cloning generally legal in the US

February 1, 2021 / By / 9 Comments

One of the great areas of confusion over the human cloning development this week is whether human cloning is legal or illegal. With few exceptions, human cloning in general is legal in the US. Update: in 2020 it still appears that reproductive human cloning is legal in the US. It just hasn’t gotten that much …

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Striking improvement in vision in one ACT trial participant

February 1, 2021 / By / 5 Comments
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Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) has confirmed that one of the patient in a clinical trial that it is running for treatment of macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness worldwide, has shown a striking improvement in vision. The patient reportedly had 20/400 vision prior to treatment and now has 20/40 vision after treatment. ACT uses an …

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Stem cell clinic social media shenanigans exposed

February 1, 2021 / By / 28 Comments
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Over at ScienceBlogs, Orac has put up an excellent post on the disturbing stem cell situation in Italy. This is a great, probing piece and I highly recommend it, but there’s more going on there too that is worth taking a look at including social media stuff. One of the other intriguing things about this …

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Leigh Turner Reports Company Precision StemCell To FDA citing numerous concerns including treatment of a minor

March 1, 2021 / By / 1 Comment

What is up with the stem cell company, Precision StemCell, these days? I can’t imagine they are exactly celebrating after having been reported to the FDA. They also have apparently moved operations from the US to Colombia at some point recently. What’s the deal here? First, a little background is helpful. In 2012, University of …

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