There are a lot of myths in the stem cell field, some even embraced by some stem cell scientists such as the notion that teratoma are always benign. But when we start talking about translating stem cell technology into the clinic, to the bedside, it is especially important to cast aside our myths, no […]
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It seems reasonably likely that in the end, the final say on the embryonic stem cell case one way or another will be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. While yesterday brought a victory for science and patients and logic, this was just one battle, not the war. The war that opponents of ES cell
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A Federal Appeals Court ruled 2-1 today to overturn Judge Lamberth’s injunction against federal funding of ES cell research. Great news! You can read the decision here (warning: big pdf). A key part of the ruling was the following: “the plaintiffs are unlikely to prevail because Dickey-Wicker is ambiguous and the NIH seems reasonably to
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Tweets from a stem cell? Is that possible? This is one of my favorite pieces and a reader favorite getting hundreds of hits! Let me know what you think. If a stem cell could talk, what would it say (tweet?) I imagine stem cells like teenagers. So much potential but at times difficult. Below is
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Who’s who in the field of iPS cells? In this post, I examine the people, journals, places, funding agencies, and companies that are the leaders in the iPS cell field. I start with publishing. Last year we did a post on publishing trends in the iPS cell field. It suggested that the iPS cell field was
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Six months ago, I published a Top 10 list of questions and predictions for the stem cell field. How did I do? A mixed bag. Below are the questions and predictions from October 2010 (in blue), along with an update as to how my predictions fared. 1) How will Geron’s Phase I Clinical Trial go?
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What are iPS cells? We talk about iPS cells all the time. We are very excited about them. Heck, the web address for this blog is ipscell.com. But what are iPSCs, really? iPS cells definition A simple definition of iPSCs is the following: Embryonic stem cell-like cells that are made from non-stem cells in a
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Stem Cell Tools CIRM CIRM TV CSHL Expert Chats on Stem Cells (very cool) Stem cell wiki European Stem Cell Portal Stem cells NIH Stem Cell NY Times article collection ISSCR Cell Stem Cell — the journal Stem Cells — the journal Stem cell video Stem Cell Chromatin info Recommended Stem Cell Blogs
UC Davis has a very large number of shared resources providing outstanding opportunities to advance stem cell research and very useful core facilities. Below is a list of those resources. UC Davis Stem Cell Program Home Page UC Davis Stem Cell News Jan Nolta Lab Webpage Institute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine (IPRM) CTSC
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Someone once said that in any war there is going to be propaganda, but what about stem cell propaganda? The same seems to be true for war that extreme right-wing conservatives are waging against stem cell research and researchers. A prime example is an article today in the National Review by David Klinghoffer entitled “The
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