by Natasha Davie | Aug 16, 2012
The health-care landscape is changing: the previous model of the blockbuster pharmaceutical is being challenged by new therapies that have the potential to offer more effective treatments. In this new contribution to Signals Blog, I describe the present landscape for...
by Angela C. H. McDonald | Aug 13, 2012
It takes precision, focus and persistence to perfect the art of origami. So perhaps it is no accident that researchers have needed to apply the same skills to overcome challenges in siRNA delivery, right down to the folding. A couple of years ago, my fellow blogger...
by David Kent | May 22, 2012
You might expect this article to be about creating skin grafts for burn victims or something of that ilk. Instead though, it concerns the complicated process of taking a scientific discovery in regenerative medicine and bringing that discovery through clinical trials...
by Angela C. H. McDonald | Mar 21, 2012
Titanium can be found everywhere. It is used in cars, sporting equipment and even jewelry manufacturing. But did you know that titanium products are used inside the human body? You may know someone who has undergone a joint replacement procedure or someone who has a...
by Angela C. H. McDonald | Nov 3, 2011
In the body, cells receive instructive signals from their niche, but how do researchers direct stem cells to perform a specific function? Researchers supply cues to cells in the form of growth factors, small molecules, cell culture density, culture surface and...
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