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My take on the much-touted ‘SafeCell’ paper on adult stem cell safety: encouraging, but some important reservations

March 10, 2013 Paul Knoepfler 5

The so-called “SafeCell” paper from the journal PLoS One is one that a number of advocates of deregulation of the stem cell industry often have mentioned to me: Safety of Cell Therapy with Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (SafeCell): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis […]

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Caroline Chen@CarolineYLChen·

Uh, not good.
Genes from @oxitec genetically-modified mosquitoes have been found in the local mosquito population, which is NOT supposed to happen.
Consequences of this genetic contamination unclear at this point. https://t.co/UhaSrJsfK5

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Paul Knoepfler@pknoepfler·

Report from Medical Board of California meeting on stem cell clinics https://t.co/qGjcEVS8tt

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Paul Knoepfler@pknoepfler·

I definitely have #dragons on the brain. E.g. whenever I see a "dragon" these days like this amazing Draco lizard from the Philippines, I think of our book https://t.co/5c8jTfYH2O & how that dragon might be a starting point for making a cool real dragon w/#CRISPR & #stemcells

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My take on the much-touted ‘SafeCell’ paper on adult stem cell safety: encouraging, but some important reservations