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Weekly reads: RMAT jump, tissues as liquid crystals, gov stem cell advisor scammed of $650K

The FDA has a unique mechanism called RMAT or regenerative medicine advanced therapy designation. It's intended to move investigational regenerative therapies forward more effectively. RMAT data I recently updated The Niche RMAT list and it has jumped to 85. The FDA has approved many new RMATs this year. The data on how many applications the FDA received, approved, and rejected are …
RMAT, FDA data

Another kind of stem cell tragedy: William P. Murphy passes at 100

William P. Murphy, US Stem Cell
It's kind of a tragedy that William P. Murphy, former chairman of unproven stem cell clinic firm, US Stem Cell, might be most remembered after his recent passing for his doings there.  For example, I didn't know until now of his prolific past as a biomedical inventor who did a lot of good. Instead, my impression of him has been almost entirely …