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Stem cell weekly reads: Jamie Thomson, Lamin B1, CRISPR

The big news of the week was a $3.6 million settlement by a stem cell clinic, StemGenex, and one of its doctors in a class-action suit. I covered this StemGenex settlement and so did Michael Hiltzik of the LA Times and Paul Schloesser at Endpoints. I'd say this was good news for the stem cell field and patients. Also, the Niche …
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Clinic StemGenex & doc face $3.6 million class action settlement

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The site Top Class Actions reports that StemGenex, a former stem cell clinic in LaJolla, CA will have to pay out big in a settlement for a class-action lawsuit alleging fraud. Who gets what in StemGenex lawsuit settlement? In the piece, StemGenex, Lead Doctor to Pay $3.65M for Fraudulent Stem Cell Therapy Scheme, we learn that over 1,000 members of the …

Biotech California Cultured aims to sell lab-grown chocolate

I'm fascinated by the idea of making food from cells grown in a lab and especially the newest idea of lab-grown chocolate. While lab-grown meat has gotten the most attention, (see my recent post on test-tube meat: Not Old MacDonald’s Farm: is the future lab-grown meat?) I'd say that the coolest application of making food from cells in a lab so …
California Cultured lab-grown chocolate. Pic by Paul Knoepfler.