The Niche

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Recommend reads: stem cell niche, Georgia & FTC on clinics, more

This blog is called The Niche so publications on the stem cell niche often catch my eye even if that's not something my own lab directly works on much. So today's recommended reads will start with two papers on the stem cell niche. The first one focused on the niche  gone wrong. The stem cell niche Aged skeletal stem cells …
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FDA should freeze Duke EAP & probe $58 million Cryo-Cell deal linked to it

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I recently found concerning SEC filings from the biotech Cryo-Cell about a deal it has with a Duke team for infusions of children with unproven umbilical cord cells. This turns out to be a $58 million deal. It relates in a major way to a Duke compassionate use or expanded access program (EAP) that already had raised red flags for me. Now …

A look at "eyes on the brain organoids" Cell Stem Cell paper

Sometimes a paper really catches your eye like a new Cell Stem Cell pub reporting eye-like structures grown on brain organoids. The paper is Human brain organoids assemble functionally integrated bilateral optic vesicles. Let's take a quick look at this paper, its context, and the potential big-picture implications. Brain organoids with "eyes"? At first glance, I thought they grew the …
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