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Right Turn: Sugary solution to scientific pickle

Whether you call it cotton candy, candy floss or the original name for it “fairy floss,” I’m going to assume you’ve never called it “a tool for creating artificial blood vessels.” (Too long and not very appetizing.) Nevertheless, Dr. Leon Bellan, Vanderbilt...

Cell Therapy Deal Review: January

Welcome to your Cell Therapy Deal Review for the month of January. Things got off to a quick start with a number of cell-based immunotherapy companies announcing deals and research collaborations out of the gate, including a third acquisition by Juno. Juno...

Series: Spotlight on Cell Therapy

Cell therapy is not a new idea. Bone marrow transplantation—the first ever cell therapy—has been around since the 1950s. Over half a century of research has brought important advancements, yet this technology has struggled to make it to prime time. Understandably,...

Regenerating a broken heart

Samantha is a PhD student in the Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry department at the University of Toronto. She has previously investigated regeneration in a non-mammalian gecko model during an MSc program, and now currently combines stem cell biology and...