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Weekly reads: NurOwn, key gene screen, MS, Croce mess

I get a lot of questions about stem cells for ALS and more recently people have been specifically interested in NurOwn from BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics. Recently, the FDA denied BrainStorm's request for a BLA for NurOwn. The company felt its Phase III trial was encouraging. It sounds like they will move forward with a follow-up meeting with the FDA to …
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What is Mastodon & why so far it's a clunky alternative to Twitter

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Lately it seems like something called Mastodon is on the minds of many a Twitter user. There is a wave of people tweeting "let's dump Twitter and go to Mastodon now that Musk has taken over!" However, so far I don't see Mastodon as a solid alternative to the admittedly annoyingly musky Twitter. I do think we need an alternative. …