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Update on stem cell biotechs: an ethical investment, but risky and requiring patience.

February 1, 2021 / By

When I was at the recent World Stem Cell Summit, I had the opportunity to meet a ton of people from all different walks of life including other scientists in academia, folks in the biotech/pharma industry, and many inspiring patient advocates. A number of people were curious about my view on how the stem cell-related …

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Strategies of Anti-Stem Cell Propaganda War Machine

February 1, 2021 / By / 7 Comments
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I’ve posted before about the propaganda machine that is actively promoting an anti-embryonic stem cell agenda. This machine is still out there and as many of us discussed at the recent World Stem Cell Summit, it seems to be working far better than our efforts to promote our cause. What do the folks on the …

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Who is the Einstein or Steve Jobs of the stem cell field?

February 1, 2021 / By / 2 Comments

At this week’s World Stem Cell Summit, during one of the panel discussion I was on a member of the audience asked a great question. In terms of making a broader impact on politics, who out there in the stem cell field might be the Einstein of the stem cell field? Who has the gravitas …

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Jaenisch’s 5 key action items for the ES and iPS cell field

February 1, 2021 / By

This morning on day two of the World Stem Cell Summit here in Pasadena, Rudy Jaenisch of the Whitehead Institute gave the scientific keynote address. It was a fabulous talk. Jaenisch, accurately described by Bernie Siegel as a true giant of the stem cell field, outlined the key issues facing the field of highly pluripotent …

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Just freakin do it: patients voice impatience on CRISPR for genetic diseases

February 1, 2021 / By / 11 Comments
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Both before and particularly now after the big human gene editing summit in Washington, D.C. at the National Academy of Sciences, I’ve talked with patients about their views on this new technology including at last week’s World Stem Cell Summit. One of the most striking moments of the DC summit was when the mother of …

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Interview with Tory Williams of Amazing Alabama Institute of Medicine (AIM)

February 1, 2021 / By
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The Alabama Institute of Medicine (AIM) is one of the great success stories in the stem cell research field. It’s an extraordinary achievement as a state stem cell agency. Below I’ve interviewed one of AIM’s founders and its Vice President, Tory Williams. Above you can see a picture of Tory with Roman Reed at the …

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Interview with Regenerative Surgeon, Dr. Allan Wu

February 1, 2021 / By

Over the last few weeks, I have enjoyed talking with and interviewing Dr. Allan Wu, of The Morrow Institute on stem cell cosmetic procedures. I was impressed greatly by his talk at the World Stem Cell Summit last year. Dr. Wu is a fellowship trained Surgical Molecular Biologist with a background in Molecular Embryology and a board …

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Peter Nygård anti-aging guru draws a crowd at WSCS2012

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Who is Peter Nygård? A few days ago at the World Stem Cell Summit prior to the awards dinner there was a social gathering. This kind of thing is usually a good opportunity for more dialogue. When I got there I noticed two very famous people having what appeared to be an intense meeting of …

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Wish list from 2012 attendees for ISSCR 2013: some crankiness

February 1, 2021 / By / 2 Comments
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I have an ongoing poll on people’s impressions of the big annual stem cell meeting, ISSCR 2012. I myself have been wishing I was in Japan for that meeting so I remain surprised at the trending of the poll toward the negative. By far the most common response has been a surprisingly ho-hum “so-so” evaluation …

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