Lee Buckler is a true stem cell industry guru. As I’ve been writing this blog for the last couple years it has served as a catalyst for me to meet dozens of really interesting people including. Given all the complex events of late in the stem cell field, I asked Lee if he would do an […]
Great interview with Lee Buckler on stem cell industry, regulatory issues, and Celltex Read More »
What does the future hold for the privately-held Texas stem cell clinic, Celltex, that had given Governor Perry a stem cell transplant? I put up a poll a few days ago asking this question and the results have been striking. By way of background, it’s been a complicated few weeks for Celltex. Almost a month ago, I
Poll indicates major pessimism on future of Texas stem cell clinic, Celltex Read More »
There are a wide range of opinions on the future awaiting Texas stem cell clinic, Celltex, most famous for treating Rick Perry with stem cells and now for its FDA audit report. Vote in our poll above.
Poll: what does the future hold for Texas stem cell clinic Celltex? Read More »
Celltex is that adult stem cell company that treated Governor Perry and upwards of 80 other people with stem cell products that they grew in their lab in Texas. I wonder what the leadership of Celltex is thinking right now about its FDA audit, their future, and that pesky professor/blogger in California…what’s his name? I
It’s only Wednesday and it’s already been a big, bumpy week for Texas stem cell company, Celltex. On Monday, the FDA report of their two-week visit to/audit of Celltex became public thanks to the efforts of Dr. Leigh Turner and Houston Chronicle reporter, Todd Ackerman. Now there is more complicated news for the company. A
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The big news yesterday was that the FDA report on its audit of Celltex went public and the report was a laundry list of FDA concerns. However, another very surprising and significant element of the story went largely unnoticed. I’m talking about Governor Rick Perry’s reaction to the story. Rick Perry was asked to comment
Gov Perry distances himself from Celltex, clinic that gave him stem cell transplant Read More »
Adult stem cell clinics are growing fast across the U.S. and the world. Many questions surround them. How do they get patients? How does the money flow? How does the FDA view them? How do all the different parties interact?In science when we study how various proteins or other molecules interact as a system we
The interactome of the adult stem cell universe Read More »
Last year one of the biggest events in the stem cell field was biotech Geron punting its embryonic stem cell (ESC) program. Much consternation followed. Some folks opposed to ESCs happily pronounced ESC research dead. Some folks in favor of ESC thought the world was ending a year early. Others tried to look on the
The stem cell gestalt of Geron Goodbye and the future of ACT Read More »
The number of stem cell clinics both in the U.S. and around the world continues to accelerate. There are in fact so many clinics that it would be difficult to keep track of them all. As a way of simply dipping one’s toe in the water of the ocean of clinics, I did a “stem
Lessons from Google Ads for Stem Cell Clinics in May 2012 Read More »
Yesterday I did an interview with the President of ICMS and then today I did a follow-up post providing my recommendations to them publicly on how they should move forward. Why did I do this? Or to paraphrase a stem cell scientist who just now let me have it: “Why the #*@#$&^# did you do
Why did I have a dialogue with ICMS? Read More »