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Right Turn: This (liver) bud’s for you

. It was announced this week that a team of Japanese researchers had successfully restored liver function in mice using liver buds composed of human stem cells. Although preliminary, the researchers are optimistic that this technique could one day lead to a treatment...

Right Turn: Matters of the heart

. If you watch TV, you’ve no doubt heard of the show “Big Bang Theory,” a popular, American sitcom about four über geeky science dudes and their daily shenanigans, frequently centred around finding love – in the early episodes – and now about keeping their lovers...

Right Turn: Osmosis Jones redux

. Today’s Right Turn, contributed by Erin Sugar at the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine, features the animated film “The journey of a white blood cell,” as imagined by the XVIVO team from Hartford, Connecticut. The movie magnifies the white cell...

Right Turn: ISSCR in “cell”uloid

“The stem cell scientists are coming.” No, wait, it’s the British. Actually, Paul Revere said it was the “regulars” who were coming. ISSCR is in Boston, and we have some images of the conference as well as the host city to share. Enjoy!...

Right Turn: A line video primer on stem cells

. Good videos that easily and effectively provide a basic explanation of stem cells are not so easy to find — or create. Drawing (yes, pun intended!) from the popular MinutePhysics series, which uses time-lapsed line drawing to explain scientific principles...