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Right Turn: ISSCR in “cell”uloid

“The stem cell scientists are coming.” No, wait, it’s the British. Actually, Paul Revere said it was the “regulars” who were coming. ISSCR is in Boston, and we have some images of the conference as well as the host city to share. Enjoy!...

View from the floor: #ISSCR2013 day 2

. Those watching the triple overtime hockey game or hitting one of the evening networking events will have found it an early morning on day 2. Fortunately, there were some fantastic talks to keep everyone awake, including a new Patient Advocate Address that was very...

Overcoming the “blood-clinic barrier”: ISSCR 2013

. Irrespective of scientific discipline, everyone is aware of the blood-brain barrier. Since its proposal in 1900 by Max Lewandowsky, and later confirmation of its discovery in the 1960s – facilitated by the advancement of the scanning electron microscope – it has...

View from the floor: #ISSCR2013 day 1

. And on day one the clouds parted in Boston and the ISSCR conference began. Here’s a snapshot of what happened in the plenary sessions, the poster hall and elsewhere around the conference, as we saw it and through the eyes of bloggers and tweeps. Daily blog roundup A...

The eve of a cell therapy Grand Slam: ISSCR 2013

. Every pursuit has its headline events: business has Davos, cinematography has the Oscars and tennis has Grand Slams. These are affairs where the world’s elite gathers to reflect on achievements, and through a delicate mix of competition and collaboration, seek to...

The importance of unequal division in stem cells

. Stem cells must strike a balance between different types of divisional outcomes in order to provide the correct numbers and types of cells for the lifetime of an organism. At each cell division, a stem cell either makes two replicates of itself to expand the...