by Stacey Johnson | Apr 15, 2016
The picture to the right is of my cat Chloe, all dressed up for her debut on Signals. Amazingly, Franklin West (University of Georgia) thinks domesticated cats (Chloe!) are the ideal vessel for saving big cats of the endangered species kind. The idea is to collect...
by Holly Wobma | Apr 11, 2016
“You are your synapses.” [Joseph LeDoux]. I first came across this quote while working in a neurophysiology lab after my freshman year of undergraduate studies. To this day, I am amazed by its simple eloquence and the grandeur of its implications. Indeed, the idea...
by Samantha Payne | Apr 7, 2016
Neurodegenerative diseases of the brain, such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, are a leading cause of disability in Canada, but despite the significant burden on patients, caregivers and the health-care system, we still lack a cure. An active area of research for these...
by Stacey Johnson | Apr 1, 2016
For nearly 2 million people, the restless nights, anxious days, over-caffeinated spiral is almost over. On April 14th, Orphan Black returns with its fourth season. A few Christmases ago, I compiled a list of television shows and movies that feature stem cells in a...
by Mark Curtis | Mar 24, 2016
Welcome to your Update from the Clinic for the month of February. bluebird made its debut in the oncology market and treated its first patient with a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) product targeting a novel antigen. Ziopharm enrolled its first patient in a study...
by Stacey Johnson | Mar 11, 2016
Tissue engineering is a key part of regenerative medicine (RM), but it sometimes feels like the poor cousin of stem cells. The Jan to big sister Marcia. That won’t be the case at the upcoming 10th World Biomaterials Congress (WBC2016), happening May 17-22 in Montreal,...
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