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Recommended reads: stem cell scientists, eggs from blood, Cryo-Cell

We'll begin this week's recommended reads with some news on two wonderful stem cell scientists. While there are thousands of stem cell scientists, some stand out for their especially creative work. News on stem cell scientists Nobel laureate Yamanaka to retire as director of iPS cell center, Asahi Shimbun. Dr. Yamanaka will spend more time on his own lab's research. …
Nobel Laureate Shinya Yamanaka, the first to produce induced pluripotent stem cells

Grading my 21 stem cell & regenerative medicine predictions for 2021

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The world of stem cell research and regenerative medicine is unpredictable but it's fun to be a part of it and try to do predictions. Each year in late December or early January I make prognostications for the coming year for stem cell research and regenerative medicine. I made 21 such predictions for the current year of 2021. How'd I …

2021 scorecard for stem cell stocks: REGN, VCEL, CCEL, LCTX did best

A quick review of the publicly-traded stem cell stocks I've been following in 2021 finds mostly discouraging news, but a few firms relatively outperformed the other publically-traded biotechs. One had some great news today. In this post, I'm doing a brief overview of how things went this year in the regenerative medicine space. I'm going to feature Lineage Cell Therapeutics …
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