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Teaching a class on stem cells? Here’s the book for you & your students

If you teach a class on stem cells, what book or other resource do you use? I know there are a lot of classes on stem cells going on out there. Part of the challenge of teaching students and trainees about stem cells is that the topic is a moving target. Another challenge is that […]

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Stem Cells: An Insider’s Guide Book Signing & Talk on October 10th

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Somewhere out in the ocean there is a container ship steaming from Singapore here to the US and getting close to our shores and on that ship are the first printing copies of my new book, Stem Cells: An Insider’s Guide. At the same time, preparations for the e-book version are just about done. I

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Stem Cells An Insider’s Guide: More on My New Book

In about a month my new book, Stem Cells: An Insider’s Guide, should be available as an e-book from the publisher and from Amazon. It’s available for pre-order now at Amazon here. The “real” book (i.e. the one made of paper) should be available in September. The book costs $29. Any writers out there interested in doing

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Some teasers from my new book, “Stem Cells: An Insider’s Guide”

I’m excited about my new book that is coming out called, “Stem Cells: An Insider’s Guide”. It’s just about complete and fully edited so it should be available later this summer, hopefully relatively much sooner as an e-book. You can pre-order it on Amazon or directly through the publisher here. Note that the final price

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Weekly reads: Topol on longevity biz, Peter Marks out at FDA, timeless NIH grant advice

Eric Topol, Longevity, Super-Agers

Most of us want longevity, especially if our quality of life remains generally solid as we age. The combination of length and quality of life is sometimes called “healthspan.” How do we get the maximum health span? Easier said than done. Not all of the obstacles are biological either. Unfortunately, accompanying all the legitimate research

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A close look at in vitro gametogenesis or IVG: making sperm & eggs from stem cells to have kids

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There is growing interest in a possible new reproductive method based on something called in vitro gametogenesis or IVG. Today’s post explains IVG including its potential pros and cons. I also discuss why its possible combination with gene editing is so potentially fraught, which is a big potential con. Let’s start with an explanation of this

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