Search Results for: ips cells

Houston stem cell meeting lacks diversity & risks falling to groupthink

Next month there is going to be a new stem cell meeting taking place. The 1st Annual Houston Stem Cell Summit. The primary sponsor is Celltex. I’d encourage everyone to go, but I’m not so sure it’d be worth it. Why? I’m always glad to see another stem cell meeting and this one is surely unique in …

Houston stem cell meeting lacks diversity & risks falling to groupthink Read More »

Bionic eye here at UC Davis holds great promise for restoring vision

I love stem cells, but I have to admit bionics is totally amazing as well. Both hold great promise for fixing up human beings as we injured or age. Today a major advance in vision correction via bionics was announced here at UC Davis that has really caught my attention. I was not involved in …

Bionic eye here at UC Davis holds great promise for restoring vision Read More »

Nordstrom hawking super expensive, non-FDA approved stem cell cosmetic drugs

What’s the deal with Nordstrom and stem cells? Are they going to rename themselves “Nordstem”? I grew up in Bellevue, WA, home of the Nordstrom’s family and of the Nordstrom department store chain. I believe the flagship store was just across Lake Washington in Seattle. I don’t like shopping as perhaps most guys feel, but …

Nordstrom hawking super expensive, non-FDA approved stem cell cosmetic drugs Read More »

L’Oreal Lancome gets hammered by FDA, why kid gloves for clinics?

Patricia-Pineau-300x2541

Stem cell cosmetics is an exploding area ranging from facial creams (e.g. from L’Oreal and its Lancome) to face lifts to boob jobs to baldness treatments (see two key posts here and here for background and great stories). The stem cell cosmetics field has not been held back by issues such as the fact that …

L’Oreal Lancome gets hammered by FDA, why kid gloves for clinics? Read More »

Dumb stem cell article of the week goes to the Daily Mail on stem cell cosmetics

I think the number of main stream media articles on stem cells that are dumb is increasing…some weeks it’s hard to choose which is the dumbest in fact. This week it is not so hard to pick. The Daily Mail has an epic fail piece on a British company’s dubious stem cell treatment for wrinkles …

Dumb stem cell article of the week goes to the Daily Mail on stem cell cosmetics Read More »

Founder of RNL Bio, Korean Stem Cell Company being sued for fraud, the next Bill Gates or Warren Buffet?

The founder of Korean stem cell corporation, RNL Bio, Dr. Jeong-Chan Ra, may be most well-known in the U.S. for his association with Texas Stem Cell Clinic, Celltex, which gave Guv Rick Perry his stem cell transplant. RNL Bio is also the first major company to be sued in U.S. federal court for fraud over …

Founder of RNL Bio, Korean Stem Cell Company being sued for fraud, the next Bill Gates or Warren Buffet? Read More »

Stem cell frauds Morales and Stowe plead guilty to federal charges: who’s next?

Francisco Morales and Lawrence Stowe, have pleaded guilty to federal charges related to dubious stem cell treatments. The pair pled guilty to conspiracy charges related to introducing “misbranded and unapproved new drugs into interstate commerce”. The drugs in question? Stem cells. Patrick J. Holland of the FDA said “the FDA is committed to investigating those …

Stem cell frauds Morales and Stowe plead guilty to federal charges: who’s next? Read More »

Update on stem cell culture war: from Pepsi to Personhood & Romney to rogue clinics

For years now we’ve had a war in the world of stem cells. The war has been primarily centered on embryonic stem cell research (ESCR). The reason I call it a “war” is that opponents of ESCR have declared a “culture war” on ESCR and ESC researchers. I don’t like the term “war”, but if …

Update on stem cell culture war: from Pepsi to Personhood & Romney to rogue clinics Read More »

Real and imaginary conflicts of interest: a helpful guide

Conflicts-of-interest-creative-commons-image

What are Conflict of Interests (COI)? The term COI is sometimes used inappropriately as a weapon by one party to attempt to discredit others. We see this more and more frequently in the stem cell field with boosters of for-profit, non-FDA vetted adult stem cell clinics attacking scientists for supposed COIs for what…..apparently for simply …

Real and imaginary conflicts of interest: a helpful guide Read More »