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Stem cell good news: novel cancer work, new CA bills, Alzheimer’s, & more pubs

February 1, 2021 / By / 1 Comment
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There’s nothing like stem cell good news and interesting publications to perk one up on a Monday. Enjoy. What recent papers have struck you as exciting? Novel stem cell-based cancer approaches (Part 1) It was exciting when Fate Therapeutics got the first induced pluripotent stem cell (IPSC) IND in the U.S. for their IPSC-derived natural killer cell …

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Scott Gottlieb leaving FDA: possible reasons, impact on stem cell field, & more

February 1, 2021 / By / 3 Comments
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Maybe the announcement that Commissioner Scott Gottlieb will be leaving the FDA soon shouldn’t have caught us all off-guard, but it did. Gottlieb isn’t a perfect Commissioner, but he brought a sensible, open approach to running the FDA that was very refreshing. Amongst all the top leadership in the Trump administration, Scott Gottlieb stood out …

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Weekend reads include herding brains, stem cells, & CRISPR

June 8, 2022 / By / Leave a Comment
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Every so often here on The Niche I list science and news articles worth a look as “weekend reads”. Below is my list for this weekend. Enjoy! The first article doesn’t really fit into the other main categories, but the title “herding brains” caught my eye. Stem Cells Stem cells and regenerative capacity in aging …

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Don’t mess with (mother) Nature: why risk taking on a powerhouse journal?

June 6, 2022 / By / 2 Comments
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When I was a kid there was this commercial on TV for Chiffon margarine (fake butter) with the slogan, “It’s not nice to fool mother nature!” As a kid I thought it was dumb but kind of funny. A modified version of that mother nature advertising slogan has become a cultural tagline. Don’t mess with …

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Stem cell & regenerative medicine meetings for you to go to in 2019

February 1, 2021 / By / 4 Comments
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I keep a yearly hub of stem cell & regenerative medicine meetings here on The Niche. Below I’ve pasted the list for 2019, which continues to grow. If you don’t see yours listed, send me an email with the info including a link (knoepflerATucdavisDOTedu). These meeting listings are not endorsements and I try to make …

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New Florida bill mixes RTT spirit with turning unproven stem cell sales into a felony

February 1, 2021 / By / Leave a Comment
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A new Florida bill (Bill 65 of 2019) could make the practices of stem cell clinics a felony. At the same time it would open the door to patients receiving still experimental stem cells that have at least started the clinical trial process. What’s going on? A number of states have been stepping up action …

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Upbeat Burt team pub on stem cells for MS comes with uneasy back story

February 1, 2021 / By / 6 Comments
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Stem cells for MS? How promising is that? A new paper gives stronger reason for hope, but unfortunately this story is more complex than it seems on first glance. New Paper The idea of using a stem cell-related approach to treat multiple sclerosis (MS) has been around for a long time holding major promise, but …

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Anversa debacle vs. STAP cell train wreck & what’s next

February 1, 2021 / By / 3 Comments
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Remember when the Piero Anversa situation first made news or at least when you first heard about it? In the public domain, it was back around April 2014. I didn’t even do a whole post on it, but rather it made two bullet points in a post about a set of bad overall news including the latest …

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101-year old lady cured? Groundbreaking FTC Action on Stem Cell Clinic Marketing

February 1, 2021 / By / 9 Comments
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took some strong action against specific stem cell clinics today and the physician behind them. I see this as really good news and it’s something I’ve been pushing for years. The clinics in question in part marketed unproven stem cells for sick kids. Frankly, iffy for-profit stem cell “treatments” for …

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