by Patrick Blit | Aug 6, 2013
The promise and potential of stem cell therapy has garnered much attention from the media over the years. Countless stories have been reported of groundbreaking stem cell research and that these discoveries are likely to change the way we conduct health care....
by Stacey Johnson | Jul 26, 2013
Today’s Right Turn is brought to you by Erin Sugar, communications intern at the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine. Erin’s love of hamburgers was not harmed by the viewing of this video. Culinary connoisseurs prep your palettes for the...
by Holly Wobma | Jul 16, 2013
. It’s probably safe to say that we all have some sort of genetic risk factor that runs in our families. For some its diabetes. For others it’s heart disease. For my family, it is mild hearing loss. In trying to make light of this, I sometimes tell myself, “Well, hey,...
by Holly Wobma | Jun 18, 2013
True synthetic blood is coming, but it won’t be packaged like this. We’ve all heard the idiom “it’s in my blood”. For me, this applies to hockey and rock climbing. And a quick survey of my class suggests that everything from Southern BBQ sauce and ice...
by David Kent | May 28, 2013
. A few weeks ago, Italian private company Stamina came under considerable pressure regarding their controversial use of mesenchymal stem cells in patients. The Italian government, it seems, had authorized an unproven stem cell therapy for use in patients. The...
by Lisa Willemse | May 24, 2013
Co-authored with Dr. Zubin Master, Assistant Professor at the Alden March Bioethics Institute, Albany Medical College and Research Associate at the University of Alberta’s Health Law and Science Policy Group. In the current discussion about the now controversial...
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