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Stem cell story of the year: human therapeutic cloning

February 1, 2021 / By / 8 Comments
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There have been many interesting developments in stem cells in 2013, but to me the biggest event by far was the first ever successful somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT)-based human therapeutic cloning. This approach generated apparently genetically normal human embryonic stem cells (hESC), an astonishing accomplishment. There are two kinds of human cloning: therapeutic and reproductive. …

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Dozen Finalists for Stem Cell Person of the Year 2013

December 22, 2023 / By / 14 Comments
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The voting is over and we have our top 12 finalists for the 2013 Stem Cell Person of the Year Award. You can see the final votes results below. It’s definitely an intriguing list that reflects the range of important areas in the field today. I can say without any hesitation that all 12 of …

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Why Shoukhrat Mitalipov opposes human cloning

February 1, 2021 / By / 4 Comments

People have been confused about human cloning issues in the last few weeks on a number of levels. The confusion has come along with the excitement, concern, and increased interest in cloning lately since the lab of Dr. Shoukhrat Mitalipov reported a few weeks back in Cell the astonishing feat of successful human embryonic stem …

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Interview with CAMR President & PAN CEO, Amy Comstock Rick

February 1, 2021 / By

As many of you know, the Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research (CAMR) announced today that it will dissolve as an organization. I both emailed and talked on the phone with the President of CAMR, Amy Rick (who by the way is also CEO of the Parkinson’s Action Network (PAN)). Below is a concise …

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5 human therapeutic cloning talking points dissected

February 1, 2021 / By / 9 Comments
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Yesterday’s report of human therapeutic cloning to make embryonic stem (ES) cell lines is a big deal. I support the work and I believe it is very important. People’s reactions to it vary wildly depending on their agendas of course. This post is a no-nonsense overview of the main points. My overall point. This is …

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Human cloning successfully makes embryonic stem cells

February 1, 2021 / By / 11 Comments

For the first time ever, scientists have successfully used somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) via the process of therapeutic human cloning to generate normal human embryonic stem cells (hESC). Recall that there are two kinds of human cloning: therapeutic (which is reported in the new paper discussed in this post) and reproductive, which is making …

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iPS cells top poll as most clinically promising pluripotent stem cells

February 1, 2021 / By / 3 Comments

I just closed my blog’s poll on what are the most clinically promising pluripotent stem cells. Why close the poll now less than 12 hours after I opened it instead of leaving the poll open longer? You’ll find out soon enough. I can’t resist teasing you readers sometimes. iPS cells were the big winners in …

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