Parabiosis and aging When it comes to anti-aging science, creepy meets cool with “young blood” in new blood mixing studies just published. The researchers report that blood from young animals literally makes older animals younger. That striking claim is made by both of two independent teams. They published high-profile papers that just came […]
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Here are the remaining stem cell meetings, conferences, courses, etc. for the rest of 2014. What an amazing lineup! You should register and go to some of these if you are at all interested in stem cells. As always if you do not see your meeting on the list, let me know (e.g. on Twitter
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Stem cells on TV? About six weeks ago I had my head shaved to raise funds for childhood cancer research via the awesome St. Baldrick’s Foundation. It was an exciting week because by chance, I also was invited to be the guest on a Sacramento PBS TV discussion show called Studio Sacramento hosted by Scott
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Late last year I was hearing some exciting things about California Stem Cell, Inc. under the leadership of Hans Keirstead. (2020 update: interestingly 3 years ago Keirstead ran for congress, but the campaign didn’t quite make it.) In fact, I thought a big move for California Stem was in the cards for 2014 and looking into
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This piece in Catalan, Què són les cèl·lules mare?, was updated in 2021, and is part of our SCOPE stem cells not lost in translation project. You can learn more about the project and read the other 34 languages here. Què són les cèl·lules mare? Stem cells in Catalan El cos humà conté centenars de
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Advanced Cell Technology (ACT; $ACTC) has a new paper out on using human embryonic stem cells (hESC) to make MSCs with potentially powerful therapeutic potential. The paper, entitled Mesenchymal stem cell population derived from human pluripotent stem cells displays potent immunomodulatory and therapeutic properties, was published in the journal Stem Cells and Development. What’s the scoop on this
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I don’t really hear from almost anyone who fully believes in the STAP cell thing anymore. The most common thing I do hear is from people assuming STAP is largely or entirely wrong and asking, “what really happened?” There’s still a chance that STAP is real, but if I were in Vegas or at the
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The California Stem Cell Agency, CIRM, has a new board member. Actress, writer, and Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) advocate Lauren Miller recently joined the ICOC Board of CIRM via an appointment by Governor Jerry Brown. Miller and her husband, Seth Rogen, have both been active as AD advocates and formed an amazing organization to boost AD
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We need medical innovations, but what is the appropriate way for agencies like the FDA to regulate the process and fight bogus interventions based solely on hype? Without innovation, medicine becomes stagnant and hope fades for patients who have any one of numerous conditions that are currently inadequately addressed by medicine. I can relate on
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Vad är stamceller? means “What are stem cells?” in Swedish. This is part of our SCOPE stem cells not lost in translation project. Vad är stamceller? Den mänskliga kroppen innehåller hundratals olika celltyper, som alla spelar en viktig roll för vår hälsa. Cellerna gör så att våra kroppar fungerar som de ska genom att se
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