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Weekly stem cell reads: COVID, tail regeneration, aging

The stem cell field lost a great scientist and friend this week with the passing of Meri Firpo from metastatic breast cancer. I'm going to post a tribute to Meri from several of us sometime this coming week. I'm in a bit of a somber mood but still trying to write, read, and do all the other usual academic stuff. …
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Vice tackles dicey Cryo-Cell Duke mega-million peds clinic plan

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When I first learned about the multi-$10 million cord cell clinic deal between Duke and Cryo-Cell I couldn't believe what I was reading. Duke's involved in this? The problem: marketing unproven cells for kids Yes, this wasn't some stem cell clinic operating out of a strip mall seeking to make big money off of injecting kids with unproven stuff. Duke …