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The business of scientific research

One of the biggest choices graduate students and post-doctoral fellow face is whether to stay in academia or go into the business world. But what if the two weren’t really that different? Traditional advice about running a successful academic research group...

Can stem cells end the need for blood donors?

In a previous post, Chris Kamel recently reviewed the Nature article about direct creation of blood progenitors from skin fibroblasts as discovered by Mick Bhatia’s research group. The fascinating thing about this article is the potential for enabling autologous...

Tread lightly in the valley of death…

Last week, a major kerfuffle erupted in the UK stem cell community as leading scientists and pro stem cell organizations argued that Britain’s range of economic austerity measures would jeopardize their ability to be a major player in translational research. Articles...

Can collaboration and commercialization co-exist?

by Tania Bubela Increasingly, commercialization is a key requirement for securing project funding and support for scientific research. The field of stem cell research is no exception. But does this emphasis on commercialization, which necessarily involves issues of...

iPS cells can help speed traditional drug development

Imagine that you’ve just discovered a novel drug that potentially solves a medical problem, one that accelerates wound healing in skin or can reduce the size of cancerous tumors. You can show the effects beautifully in your model tissue culture system and mice...