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Weekly stem cell reads: AI-human hybrids, eye drops, Cell Surgical Network case delay

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Seven_of_nine, Borg, stem cell

Before we jump into our weekly stem cell and regenerative medicine reads, check out my new video on our stem cell YouTube channel below on robots with human brain tissue. In that video, I discuss the integration of computers and other technologies into the human body. When involving the brain, these technologies are often called […]

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Weekly reads: stem cell shampoo, Neobiosis FDA warning, trogocytosis

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stem cell shampoo

Even for a stem cell research wonk like me the broader regenerative arena never ceases to surprise me with the latest thing being stem cell shampoo. Stem cell shampoo A news item that seems promotional discussed the stem cell shampoo as yielding positive results. So after you are done with your vampire facelift, stem cell

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Recommended reads: Stem cells in Japan, iPS cells for COVID & hearts, He Jiankui

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fruit fly intestine, stem cells in Japan

How are things going with regenerative medicine and stem cells in Japan? It’s still an exciting time there, but I’ve noted a sense that it is a time of transition too in some ways. For example, government funding is perhaps less certain than in the past. Let’s start with a few articles on how the

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Why gene and stem cell doping at the Olympics is banned but likely happening

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Stem cell doping, Stem cell doping Olympics

Could there be stem cell doping or gene doping at the ongoing Paris Olympics right now? I’ve wondered about such things happening throughout several past Olympics. In fact, I asked this kind of question 12 years ago. Authorities are taking such possibilities even more seriously. What would stem cell doping mean? How could cells or

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Recommended reads: click editing, CRISPR v. progeria, diapause transcriptional program

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click editing

Gene editing continues to advance both in the clinic trial arena and at more basic science levels including a report on a new approach called click editing. The two gene editing papers below highlight the variety of tools now available. Gene Editing papers including click editing Click editing enables programmable genome writing using DNA polymerases

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Recommended reads: private cord blood bank disappointments, Mammoth genomes, Huntington’s CRISPR, Parkinson’s cell therapy

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umbilical-cord-blood, umbilical cord blood stem cells

The private cord blood bank industry has promised families all kinds of great things over the years. A typical ad for such cord blood banks might say, “Your child may need cord blood in the future for a cure.” The industry also often uses the analogy of frozen cord blood as an insurance policy for

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Lung Institute stem cell clinic loses class action suit, patients awarded $9M

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The-Lung-Institute

Remember the Lung Institute? Many patients raised red flags about their experiences there. It was also once known as the Lung Health Institute. More generally, patients who have been harmed by stem cell clinics have had to rely on other ways beyond the FDA to try to do something about it. The FDA has been

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Silence from FDA Commissioner Robert Califf on stem cell clinics is a problem

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Robert Califf, FDA Commissioner

FDA Commissioners including Robert Califf have radically different approaches to the job including oversight of marketing of unproven stem cells. As to stem cell clinics, some have been very engaged, while others seem the opposite. During his second go as FDA Commissioner, Robert Califf has been vocal about many topics. However, as best as I

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Mostly discouraging trial of MSC-NPs or purported neural cells from MSCs for MS

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MSCs for MS, MSC-NPs

The idea of mesenchymal cells or MSCs for MS has been around for a long time. However, there haven’t been that many strong clinical trials testing it. There’s a new paper out that reports one of the stronger MSC-related trials for MS in terms of design. In this case, they didn’t use just MSCs but

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Recommended reads: FDA warning on stem cells for pets, chromatin, aging & HSCs

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Safari Stem Cell, stem cells for pets

When I first saw the new FDA warning on stem cells for pets and the logo for the company that received it, I was surprised in a few ways. I don’t recall ever seeing such a letter and the logo is something else. We’ll get into all of that in a moment, but first, since

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