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Blog readers investigate BioGatekeeper, the Yamanaka patent challenger

February 1, 2021 / By / 26 Comments
Nobel-Lawsuit

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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Challenge tries to cancel Yamanaka iPS cell patent

February 1, 2021 / By / 66 Comments
Patent-challenge

A new patent dispute has exploded in the stem cell field related to induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. What’s going on? In 2006, Shinya Yamanaka reported cellular reprogramming to create mouse induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells in Cell and the next year multiple groups along with Yamanaka’s reported creating human iPS cells. It’s no exaggeration …

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Review of New Yamanaka Paper on Defective iPS cells

February 1, 2021 / By / 11 Comments

A team led by Shinya Yamanaka has published a new study reporting analysis of defective induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells in the journal PNAS. Part of what I liked so much about this paper is that it tackled a very real, but controversial area of stem cell research. By this I mean the reality that a …

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Flash contest: win free ticket to see Yamanaka & friends in SFO

February 1, 2021 / By / 2 Comments

On November 15th the 2013 World Alliance Forum “Future of Stem Cells” will be held in San Francisco. It looks to be an awesome meeting. The lineup of speakers is frankly stunning and in part the meeting is to congratulate Shinya Yamanaka on winning the Nobel Prize. It is a once in a lifetime kind of event. I …

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World Alliance Forum “Future of Stem Cells” features Shinya Yamanaka

February 1, 2021 / By / 3 Comments

If there was one stem cell meeting I would absolutely not want to miss next month in November if at all possible, it is the 2013 World Alliance Forum “Future of Stem Cells” in San Francisco. Are you going? Win free tickets to this meeting here! Unfortunately I have a conflict so I will this …

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Great new Yamanaka interview on iPS cell safety, being a celebrity, & future plans

February 1, 2021 / By / 1 Comment

The Asahi Shimbun just published a fun, intriguing interview with Shinya Yamanaka, the Nobel Laureate who first produce iPS cells. In the interview, Yamanaka says that the celebrity aspect of his new post-Nobel life has driven him to wear disguises when out running in public because he gets recognized so often. Yamanaka is also asked …

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Chinese scientist sues Nobel Committee for defamation over awards to Yamanaka and Gurdon

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A scientist named Dr. Rongxiang Xu has, according to the newspaper The Australian, sued the Nobel Prize Committee for giving the award to Yamanaka and Gurdon and not him. Xu is quoted in the article that he “discovered ‘regenerative cells’ in 1984. The suit filed in S. California, alleges libel and unfair competition. The Australian …

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Yamanaka on making iPS cells from each patient: ‘in reality, we cannot do that’

February 1, 2021 / By / 1 Comment

One of the big issues related to using induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells is cost. To make iPS cells from each patient for subsequent stem cell-based treatment would cost a fortune, by some estimates $200,000 or more per patient if done one-by-one. It could easily end up not being covered by insurances companies and Medicare, …

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Moriguchi talks about himself & Yamanaka in new article that now invokes MIT along with Harvard in supposed iPS cell transplants in humans

February 1, 2021 / By

Did Dr. Hisashi Moriguchi really transplant iPS cells into human patients? The story has the stem cell field abuzz. My mind keeps changing on this one as earlier today I thought the whole thing maybe was a bunch of fluff, but now there is yet another new article (see headline below) in the Daily Yomiuri providing …

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Did Nobel folks get it right & no one deserved 3rd stem cell slot with Yamanaka & Gurdon?

February 1, 2021 / By

The great news of Yamanaka and Gurdon getting the Nobel Prize for cellular reprogramming is still resonating in the stem cell field. My heartfelt congratulations to two amazing biologists! Also still ringing in my ears from so many people contacting me about what is becoming a somewhat infamous “empty” third slot that the Nobel Committee …

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