by Roshan Yoganathan | Mar 13, 2012
I’ve been working in the field of biomaterials for over five years now. A short period of time, but nevertheless I’ve noticed that the field has evolved considerably. Since the inception of “biologically compatible materials,” their capabilities, functionalities and...
by Angela C. H. McDonald | Mar 6, 2012
In 1988, the first umbilical cord hematopoietic stem cell transplant was conducted and since that time, over 20,000 umbilical cord blood transplants have been reported around the world. The technique offers several advantages over bone marrow in the treatment of blood...
by Stem Cell Network | Mar 5, 2012
by Lisa Willemse, with Ubaka Ogbogu and Timothy Caulfield The announcement last week that a team of researchers had identified stem cells responsible for generating human eggs caused a ripple of excitement for several reasons. Not only does the news end a controversy...
by Lisa Willemse | Feb 10, 2012
One of the advantages of working in an admin office of an organization that funds stem cell research is that you tend to hear about what’s happening in labs all across the country. So when I heard that some interesting things were happening in the Guy Sauvageau...
by Lisa Willemse | Feb 1, 2012
Some updates and news items of note: Call for boycott of subscriber-based journals gains momentum The ongoing friction between proponents of open access and the academic publishers has jumped into the spotlight once again with calls from a number of academics, most...
by Angela C. H. McDonald | Jan 26, 2012
As has been reported broadly this week, transplantation of human embryonic stem cell-derived retinal pigment epithelial cells appears to be safe in human patients, and it may even be efficacious (although this can only be confirmed via a Phase II trial). Advanced Cell...
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