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Weekly reads: chimera cat vs. chimeric rat, cheap sequencing, more

When you are a stem cell biologist and especially if you do a blog, you sometimes run across very strange things like a chimera cat. In this case, I stumbled on the whole topic of chimeric cats because I was searching for info on chimeric rats on Google. Of course, I was. It's kind of a side note, but it …
Venus, cat chimera

Digging into the multiple ways to get stem cells

multiple ways to get stem cells
I get great questions from readers of The Niche including, "Are there multiple ways to get stem cells?" The answer is "yes." Why is this important? The different sources of stem cells can impact both their use in basic research and their potential clinically. My goal in today's post is to give an overview of the main ways that stem …

Parkinson's disease stem cell therapy research update

When I first started The Niche more than a dozen years ago, I hoped we'd see a Parkinson's disease stem cell therapy by now. A proven one. I was a little too optimistic back then. Now in 2022, I know much better how hard translation to the bedside can be in general. Still, I'm hopeful. It's just that the timeline …
Parkinson's disease stem cell therapy