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Update from the Clinic: June

. Welcome to your Update from the Clinic for the month of June. Neuralstem presented final data on a first-in-class drug for the treatment of major depressive disorder, which is proving to be an effective and non-invasive means to boost brain volume. OncoMed has a...

Tips from the grad school trenches on launching a career

> Anyone who has, or is working on, a graduate degree (e.g. PhD, MSc) has likely encountered the “what does a PhD/MSc get you?” question. In my experience, the most frustrating thing wasn’t that I was asked this question at least three times at every family...

Right Turn: Wherefore art thou stem cell artists?

.. CCRM’s intrepid communications summer student is back! Erin Sugar dishes on the intersection between health, art and science using an intriguing medium: the Petri plate. In the spirit of the return of the Cells I See art contest (submissions begin mid-July, 2014 –...

Careful with the heart strings: Promise vs. potential

> The cellular therapy plenary at the ISSCR conference on June 19 was an incredibly interesting mix of hope and despair. On one hand, the opening talk by Leigh Turner made us imagine thousands of people in the United States getting duped into stem cell therapies as...

A day in the ISSCR2014 classroom: Student blog post 3

> This is the third in a series of posts from Vancouver high school students who attended the ISSCR conference after winning an essay contest sponsored by the Stem Cell Network, ISSCR and Let’s Talk Science. The contest was organized by Vancouver StemCellTalks....

Right Turn: A new way to meat your favourite celebrity

> CCRM’s intrepid communications summer student is back! Erin Sugar gets right to the meat of the issue in today’s Right Turn. Does it leave you hungry for more or salivating with anger? Sometimes, an ordinary encasement of all-beef or pork salami is just not going...