More great professor blogs! I’ll add more as they come in…. http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/ by Larry Moran http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/ by Jerry Coyne http://bytesizebio.net/ by Iddo Friedberg http://genomeinformatician.blogspot.com/ by Ewan Birney http://oikosjournal.wordpress.com by Jeremy Fox http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/~redfield/doing.html by Rosie Redfield
Earlier this year, Dr “LookGood” aka Dr. Steven Victor, cosmetic surgeon to the stars, received a warning letter from the FDA over how his clinic was handling stem cell-related procedures. The FDA listed 16 issues as problems. On April 20, Dr. Thomas E. Young of Young Medical Spa in Pennsylvania also received an FDA warning …
Have we crossed the tipping point to stem cell disaster? Read More »
I have to say that Nutella is yummy. But it is also incredibly unhealthy in contrast to their advertising, particularly their promotion that Nutella is part of a healthy breakfast. It was a very successful campaign as one of my daughters every now and then eats Nutella for breakfast now but never did in the …
I’ve found myself in the middle of an international kerfuffle over stem cell research in Ireland related to my post commenting on an article (You can read that article here, but warning you have to pay a bit to read it) in The Daily Business Post by reporter Susan Mitchell of Ireland on the topic. The …
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A new article out by Susan Mitchell covers the key elements of a brewing, serious conflict in Ireland over stem cells. You can read the piece here, but warning you have to pay to read it. Here in this blog post I analyze the situation and give important quotes from the article. A pro-adult stem …
What’s the real story on adult stem cells? Do they really have little to no risk? As a self-proclaimed fan of stem cells, including adult stem cells, I often find myself writing and talking about them to a large, diverse audience. I’ve become a stem cell ambassador of sorts. However, I am also a realist …
The real, but oft-ignored risks of adult stem cell treatments Read More »
What are the top 10 stem cell events of a crazy 2012 to date? Based on this wild list in just over 3 months, I would say 2012 overall will prove to be a memorable one. 1. Celltex and McGee versus University of Minnesota’s Turner and Elliott. Glenn McGee, at one point both editor of American …
Stem cell stories of a crazy 2012 so far including Celltex Read More »
Who discovered stem cells? It goes back further than you might think. Is it even possible that one scientific team all by themselves discovered something so ubiquitous as stem cells? In theory yes. However, after research including this in Cell Stem Cell, I believe that no one group discovered stem cells. Also, if you ask the …
Who discovered stem cells & when? Some fun science history Read More »
What does the FDA define as “minimally manipulated” when it comes to biologics such as stem cells? You will be shocked to find out, but they include irradiation and treatment with the super toxin/carcinogen, ethylene oxide. In a recent post I discussed the issue of an apparent “minimal manipulation” exception (some might even call it a …
Our entire world is full of plastics these days to the point that we ourselves are now partially made of plastic literally. When you hear someone say that another person is so “plastic”, slang meaning artificial, these days it is kind of literally true, but for all of us. Even the seemingly infinite oceans of …