by Mark Curtis | Dec 4, 2014
. The Edmonton Protocol for the transplantation of insulin producing cells into individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) has a cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) of ~$165,000. This is more than three times the willingness-to-pay (WTP) in Canada, and comfortably...
by David Brindley | Oct 1, 2014
. With contributions from James Smith, a recent Oxford University graduate and current SENS Research Foundation Summer Scholar working at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. There were two momentous events on the night of August 23, 2014. First, the inaugural...
by Stacey Johnson | Jul 29, 2014
On June 18, 2014, I walked into the enormous, blue lit plenary hall of the Vancouver Convention Centre excited to hear Canada’s own Janet Rossant give the opening remarks for ISSCR’s Presidential Symposium. I glanced up at the information screens and read, to...
by Lisa Willemse | Jul 14, 2014
Written with contributions from Geoff Lomax, CIRM’s Senior Officer for Medical and Ethical Standards and Rosario Isasi, Research Associate at McGill University and Academic Secretary for the International Stem Cell Forum Ethics Working Party. Portions of this post...
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