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Right Turn: Coming at you from a beach down south

We don’t need no education We don’t need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave them kids alone Hey! teachers! leave the kids alone! All in all it’s just another brick in the wall. All in all you’re just another...

Right Turn: Hurray for tissue engineering!

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,...

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...

Right Turn: Counting stem cells for a restful sleep

I had the pleasure of talking about my career to my daughter’s class when she was in grade 5. In an effort to keep the kids awake, I avoided a potentially sleep-inducing talk about corporate communications and instead focused most of my presentation on giving a simple...

Right Turn: Moving from STEM to STEAM

Are you a glass half full or half empty kind of person? If you’re the former, and you think more is better, being inclusive and diverse benefits humanity, and that children are our future, then this should be in your sweet spot (meaning “an optimum point or...