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Weekly reads: our new brain tumor paper, levitation, dear doctor, Japan, more

There's nothing quite like getting a new paper out as a scientist running a research lab so this week we can celebrate our new pediatric brain tumor study. I'll start the weekly reads with that paper. Of course, getting new grants is amazing too but there's more of a feel of completion after a paper gets published. Grants are more …
brain tumor, H3.3 K27M, ASCL1

Thoughts on death of stem cell clinic leader Dr. Mark Berman

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Over the past dozen years as I've written about stem cell clinics here on The Niche I've gotten to know many of those running the clinics including Dr. Mark Berman of Beverly Hills. It was therefore kind of a shock to learn that Berman died of last month. Michael Hiltzik of the LA Times reported yesterday that Berman's death was …

Overplaying N=1 in the stem cell therapy world

The regular emails and phone calls I get from patients asking questions about stem cell therapy are a powerful reminder of the fact that research in our field can be very personal. Sometimes individuals who receive experimental stem cell therapy (or other cell therapies) and seem to have a positive outcome can end up becoming powerful symbols. They can embody …
stem cell therapy, star patient