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Sanford-Burnham: We are Not Collaborating with Stemáge Stem Cell Cream

February 1, 2021 / By

A new stem cell cosmetic cream, Stemáge, being pitched by former super model Kathy Ireland in YouTube commercials has made a number of claims. They have also used suggestive language that they (or their apparently affiliated company Scharp Technologies) were collaborating with what is, in my opinion, one of the best research institutions in the world: …

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Kathy Ireland Stemáge Stem Cell Product: Part 1, is it a drug?

February 1, 2021 / By / 7 Comments
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I was alerted by a friend to the fact that there are now YouTube ads for stem cell products popping up, and one such ad features supermodel Kathy Ireland pitching for something called Stemáge Skin Care. Updated (May 23): note that preliminary word from Sanford-Burnham is that they are not collaborating on Stemáge. Today’s post is …

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Stem cell clinic social media shenanigans exposed

February 1, 2021 / By / 28 Comments
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Over at ScienceBlogs, Orac has put up an excellent post on the disturbing stem cell situation in Italy. This is a great, probing piece and I highly recommend it, but there’s more going on there too that is worth taking a look at including social media stuff. One of the other intriguing things about this …

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Why the extreme religious right are turning against iPS cells

February 1, 2021 / By / 5 Comments
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There was a time, not so long ago, when the religious right hailed the discovery of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. Headlines blared from the extreme right on the Internet such as, “Embryonic stem cells obsolete”. Even the same kind of thing, saying, “The stem cell debate is dead”. You see opponents of embryonic stem …

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Interview with Gary Rabin of Advanced Cell Technology (ACT)

February 1, 2021 / By / 9 Comments
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One of the more exciting stem cell biotechs out there today is Advanced Cell Technology (ACT). At this time ACT has the only two ES cell-based FDA-approved clinical trials ongoing and so far they have looked quite promising in terms of preliminary safety data. However, ACT has much more in the pipeline including potentially iPS …

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Dr. Steven Victor of Intellicell Comments on its Stem Cell Treatments

February 1, 2021 / By / 10 Comments
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Dr. Steven Victor, CEO of Intellicell, seems to have made two comments on a recent blog post I did on stem cell sports medicine (see below). Victor and Intellicell received a warning letter from the FDA in March 2012 with the FDA. I’m not aware of Intellicell publicly addressing the FDA issues. If you have, Intellicell, please …

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Leiden Ranking: USA does great science, but does not play well with others

February 1, 2021 / By / 1 Comment

According to the international ranking service, Leiden Ranking, the USA comes out on top for high impact science. Out of their top Leiden Ranked 25 universities ranked by the percentage of papers in the top 10% of their respective fields for science overall, the USA had 22 of the top spots. MIT ranked first and …

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Your stem cell legal documents hub

Below are links to specific court documents and filings in stem cell-related legal proceedings. (I’ve also placed in parentheses links to my posts/analysis on these).  Enjoy, especially you lawyers and investors. It’s a work in progress so expect more cases and documents to appear. In fact, if you have suggested additions please add them (plus …

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