by Stem Cell Network | Jan 17, 2012
In recent years, the research community has been quite outspoken in its condemnation of rogue stem cell clinics operating in many countries across the globe. Indeed, through announcements made by health and related ministries in China, India and the US, it appears the...
by David Kent | Jan 12, 2012
Last fall, I wrote on the Eurostemcell documentary film entitled Stem Cell Revolutions: A Vision of the Future, which featured some experimental stem cell treatments in India, and since that time, I have tried to keep my finger on the pulse of what has been happening...
by David Kent | Jan 6, 2012
Yesterday, a landmark paper emerged from Cell which reported two major findings to the scientific community: Primate embryonic stem cells cannot generate chimeras, and Aggregation and injection of multiple early-stage four-cell primate embryos (not embryonic stem...
by Angela C. H. McDonald | Dec 13, 2011
Last spring, I wrote about the remarkable generation of self-organizing retinal tissue created from mouse embryonic stem cells. The study successfully created all major retinal components including photoreceptors, albeit at a low abundance. However, while...
by Angela C. H. McDonald | Nov 29, 2011
The intestine is an amazing organ. In fact, when I am not reading research related to my thesis, I read about the stem cell population that maintains our gut, the intestinal stem cells (ISCs). And sometimes, the reading reveals most unusual mysteries. ISCs have their...
by Ben Paylor | Nov 23, 2011
A week of highs and lows for the global stem cell community brought with it a healthy dose of optimism for cardiac stem cell researchers. Pilot data from Dr. Roberto Bolli and colleagues’ landmark SCIPIO (Stem Cell Infusion in Patients with Ischemic...
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