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TGIF: musings on recent stem cell headlines: some good, some stupid

August 2, 2013 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

It’s Friday. TGIF….although of course the stem cells will be growing, experiments going, the grants and papers continue being written, and data still analyzed on Saturdays and Sundays too in the stem cell field. Stem cells are not a Mon-Fri, 9-5 kind of universe, but most of you reading this blog know that. It seems …

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Conan O’Brien Makes Stem Cell Joke on Test Tube Burger

July 31, 2013 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 5 Comments

On his show, Conan O’Brien on Monday (7/29/13) made a stem cell joke, perhaps without even realizing it. The joke was reprinted in the SacBee this morning (see image at right). The joke is based on the recent development of a synthetic hamburger made from stem cells in a lab (you can read more here). …

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