As some of you know, I had prostate cancer in 2009 and by the looks of the pathology report, it seemed like a bad one. Part of my own unique experience of being a cancer patient is that I also happen to be a cancer biologist. You might think this would be helpful, but really […]
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Podcast for Week of July 5 Topics –Stem Cell Tourism in the U.S. –CIRM –Article in the Hill by stem cell opponent –Stem cell hype on aging Podcast for Week of July 11 Topics: –two papers on stem cell-based tissue engineering and one on stem cell treatments for heart disease, –the Republican candidates for
What is ISSCR doing about unproven stem cell clinics? One of the greatest and most infuriating ironies of the stem cell-based regenerative medicine universe is that while the FDA strictly regulates the progress of therapy development by Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) and Geron and other legitimate companies, at the same time mysteriously the FDA essentially
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Is Cloning Justin Beiber a good idea? Einstein first? Or maybe you? Human cloning is coming. Maybe not to a Walmart near you, but it is coming. And by human cloning, I mean reproductive cloning, not therapeutic cloning which is a totally different cup of tea. The cloning I’m talking about is where you duplicate
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Что такое стволовые клетки? Note that this is one of our “Stem Cells Not Lost in Translation” series. You can see the full series of our stem cell white paper in 34 languages here. Человеческое тело содержит сотни различных типов клеток, которые важны для нашего здоровья. Эти клетки отвечают за ежедневную поддержку наших жизненных функций,
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Note that this is one of our “Stem Cells Not Lost in Translation” series. You can see the full series of our stem cell white paper in 34 languages here. مترجم : یاسمن نیکنام سلولهای بنیادی چه هستند؟ بدن انسان دارای صدها نوع مختلف سلول است که برای سلامت روزانه ما مهم هستند. این سلولها
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Ce sunt celulele stem? Organismul uman conţine sute de tipuri diferite de celule care sunt importante pentru sănătatea noastră de zi cu zi. Aceste celule sunt responsabile pentru a păstra funcţia normală a corpului nostru în fiecare zi. Exempluri includ capacitatea de a face inimile noastre sa bată, creierul să creadă, rinichi să curaţe sîngele
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Note that this post ¿Qué son las células madre? is one of our “Stem Cells Not Lost in Translation” series. You can see the full 2020 series of our stem cell white paper in 34 languages here. ¿Qué son las células madre? El cuerpo humano contiene cientos de diferentes tipos de células que son importantes
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If you want to make a difference, potentially in the lives of millions of people, make a tax deductible donation to stem cell research ongoing at UC Davis School of Medicine. https://secure.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/giving/donations/online.html (and choose stem cell program from the dropdown menu) or contact Dr. Knoepfler at knoepfler@ucdavis.edu
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What’s the most amazing, weird, funny, bad, good thing that has happened to you in the lab? Here’s one from me. One day as a graduate student I was finishing up a long weekend of work and was ready to go home. No one else was around in our lab or even in the building
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