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Right Turn: Bringing stem cells to (fictional) life

> I’ve been thinking a fair bit about the “personalities” of stem cells in recent weeks — specifically, the characteristics of stem cells that might translate into a persona or a fictional character of some sort. It’s with good reason,...

Cell lines, patient samples, and cultures – oh my!

> The thing that is so intriguing about cancer stem cells (CSCs), from a cancer researcher’s perspective, is their powerful potential as therapeutic targets. While CSCs can create or regenerate tumours (causing relapse in some patients despite our best efforts to...

Right Turn: Autism, Stem Cells and the Tooth Fairy

. This intriguing title is not completely my own. It is a shorter version of Alysson Muotri’s  (UCSD) title from a presentation he gave to the governing Board of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine on March 13, 2014: “Reversing Autism in the Lab with...