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Weekly reads: Stem cells for vision loss & recommended pubs

I'm going to start off today's recommended reads post with some stem cells for vision developments. I had some fun the last 2 weeks as people sent in their entries for our $100 stem cell picture contest. I'll announce the winner this week. It's going to be hard to choose given the great entries. Stem cells for vision loss Cones …
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Xenobots: can you really make living robots from stem cells?

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Can you really make living robots from stem cells called xenobots? How would this work? You take frog stem cells, supercomputers to tell you what to do with them, and you get xenobots? Well, kind of yes and no at this point. It's a fascinating area. What are xenobots? What does the name "xenobot" bring to mind for you? When …

Cell and gene therapy products: what is an ATMP?

If you were to see the phrase ‘Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product’ (ATMP) you might guess, ‘an advanced treatment that is a medicine?’ but you will not get much more from this without doing a lot more homework. What is an ‘Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product’ (ATMP)? Whoever decided that cell and gene therapy products should be described as ‘Advanced Therapies’ was a …
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