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Please support the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act. It’s in Jerry Brown’s hands now. This will take 1 minute of your time and make a world of difference. How to get in touch? You may contact Governor Jerry Brown by mail at: Governor Jerry Brown, c/o State Capitol, Suite 1173, Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) …

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I’ve been working for a couple years on SCOPE, the Stem Cell Outreach Program for Education. Our motto is “stem cells not lost in translation!” This program aims to provide concise and clear educational materials about stem cells to as many readers across the world in their native languages as possible. To date, we have …

Update on stem cell outreach & education program SCOPE: great global coverage, but more translators needed Read More »

Imagine for a moment that you are out in open water swimming peacefully in the ocean off of…let’s say for the heck of it, the coast of Mexico. You’re out there paddling around in your nifty swim trunks sipping one of those neat drinks with the little umbrellas. Suddenly you jerk out of your inflatable …

Advice to dubious stem cell clinics: shape up or shut down today Read More »

As I’ve been writing this blog for the last couple years it has served as a catalyst for me to meet dozens of really interesting people. One such person is Lee Buckler, a true stem cell industry guru. Given all the complex events of late in the stem cell field, I asked Lee if he …

Great interview with Lee Buckler on stem cell industry, regulatory issues, and Celltex Read More »

Taxpayer supported government grants + scientists’ work  = closed access publisher profits (derived from payments from taxpayers + scientists) This simple equation embodies all that is wrong with today’s predominant system of publishing. In fact, it is an indictment of closed access publishers. The profits of closed access publishers come at the expense of science …

The case for open access publishing embodied in a single equation Read More »

It’s been a big couple weeks of headlines in the news for prostate cancer. Let me help you make sense of it all. I’m a prostate cancer survivor and cancer biologist. Prostate cancer is almost an inevitable fate for men in America and for many around the world, but a significant fraction of the cancers …

Making sense of all the big prostate cancer headlines of the last few weeks Read More »