by Jovana Drinjakovic | Jul 3, 2018
Blood stem cells may have evolved to inhabit bone tissue to avoid DNA damage from UV rays, a Harvard study suggests. Also known as haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), these cells are tasked with making blood — a medley of about a dozen cell types that move oxygen around...
by Sowmya Viswanathan | Jun 26, 2018
Debe Griffin, MSc, ASQ CPGP, has over 20 years of experience in the cell therapy field, both in bench positions and in leadership. Her primary interests are process improvement, quality assurance and regulatory affairs. She is a consultant with FACT Consulting...
by Sowmya Viswanathan | Jun 19, 2018
Debe Griffin, MSc, ASQ CPGP, has over 20 years of experience in the cell therapy field, both in bench positions and in leadership. Her primary interests are process improvement, quality assurance and regulatory affairs. She is a consultant with FACT Consulting...
by Jovana Drinjakovic | Jun 15, 2018
Plagued by failures of early human studies from the 1990s, including the death of a patient, gene therapy is making a comeback with promising results. And it has a tiny virus to thank. After the first 2012 European gene therapy approval for a liver disease, and last...
by Stacey Johnson | Jun 1, 2018
Are you familiar with The Conversation – not to be confused with The Conversation with Amanda De Cadenet? Amanda De Cadenet is one busy lady who makes television and online shows for, and about, women. The Conversation is a not-for-profit media outlet that publishes...
by Samantha Payne | May 24, 2018
The ability to revert a terminally differentiated, somatic cell back to a pluripotent stem cell state has been of incalculable value to researchers since its discovery in 2006. In recent years, researchers have modified this technique by cutting out a step, allowing...
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