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Perspectives on high-profile stem cell retraction in the making from Kyoto University

February 1, 2021 / By / 4 Comments
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A researcher working at Kyoto University has reportedly engaged in misconduct leading to an institutional request for retraction of a paper from the journal Stem Cell Reports. The paper in question appears to have rather large-scale problems: “Kohei Yamamizu, a specially appointed assistant professor at the university’s Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, falsified all …

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Adverse event in IPS cell (ips細胞) trial for vision loss in Japan: initial perspectives

December 22, 2023 / By / 3 Comments
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A team of researchers at RIKEN and Kobe City Medical Center reported at a press conference today a serious adverse event in a clinical trial participant receiving an induced pluripotent stem cell (IPS cell)-based therapy for vision loss. According to Japan Times and Yahoo! Japan (in Japanese), the patient in question in the IPS cell …

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Hunting for computational approaches for stem cells at ISSCR2017

February 1, 2021 / By / 7 Comments
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By Cátia Bandeiras, PhD Student at University of Lisbon, Portugal and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. See tweets from the conference using #ISSCR2017 @apulgarita I just wrapped up my stay at the Annual Meeting of ISSCR 2017, which happened in Boston. I decided to take advantage of the fact that I am living in Boston at …

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Battle over Texas stem cell legislation flares as it nears end

February 1, 2021 / By / 2 Comments
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Will Texas go it alone by giving stem cell clinics free rein or will it break new ground by passing laws that promote reasonable stem cell clinical practices with safeguards? Some middle ground? It’s a dramatic moment for the stem cell field as legislation under consideration in Texas could have big impact on stem cell businesses …

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TGIF: Week’s Stem Cell Headlines, Papers, & Resources

February 1, 2021 / By / 1 Comment
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What are the latest developments in stem cells and regenerative medicine in this first week of 2017 and right before the end of the past year? Here are some of the headlines and papers that have popped up that seem notable or surprising. Be sure to also check out our stem cell & regenerative medicine …

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Guide to September 12-13 FDA Stem Cell Meeting

February 1, 2021 / By / 5 Comments
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The FDA is holding a 2-day stem cell meeting starting tomorrow and it promises to be a really big deal. What’s the scoop on this meeting and the attendees? Who is likely to say what? If the deregulatory proponents get their way, could we have stem cell clinics like Starbucks popping up in even more neighborhoods? I have …

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Blogging today’s FDA stem cell meeting: Part 2 Clinics, Policy & Ethics

February 1, 2021 / By / 3 Comments
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The FDA is holding its first 2016 stem cell meeting today and you can read about some impressions of the morning session of this meeting here. In this post, I’m focusing on the afternoon session, which has been mostly on policy and ethics, including on stem cell clinics. Jonathan Kimmelman from McGill University got the afternoon going …

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For big FDA stem cell meeting, are clinics paying some participants?

February 1, 2021 / By / 15 Comments
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The upcoming big FDA 2-day public stem cell meeting next week is generating a lot of interest within the stem cell community and also with members of the media. I expect there to be tons of coverage, which should be a good thing (note that there’s a different FDA stem cell meeting tomorrow). If you can’t make …

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