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Skin stem cells provide hope for treating burn victims

At one point or another we’ve all experienced a bad haircut. We get over such minor annoyances secure in the knowledge that “it will grow back.” The ability of our hair to grow back is based on the amazing capacity of the hair follicle to undergo continuous cycles of...

Right Turn: The why and what of clinical trials

. Not quite daily, but often enough to have a prepared message at the ready, I get inquiries from people seeking a stem cell treatment for themselves or loved ones who suffer from one disease/condition or another. (When I’m not working on Signals, I am responsible for...

Right Turn: Kevin McCormack in your face

. Ever since Kevin McCormack, Director of Communications at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), produced the first episode of “Stem Cells in Your Face,” I’ve been waiting for the sequel. If you, like me, are a fan, then the wait is over....

Get serious: Seize the moment while politicians are listening

. Joe Sornberger is Director of Communications Programs for the Canadian Stem Cell Foundation and author of Dreams & Due Diligence: Till and McCulloch’s Stem Cell Discovery and Legacy.   Back in the day, I toiled as a newspaper reporter, covering Parliament...