by Peter Raaymakers | May 15, 2013
In last week’s Right Turn, we talked about how stem cells are responsible for the colours and patterns of bird feathers—and birds, as the graphic on the right demonstrates, are basically just tiny dinosaurs. Given that there is much promise in stem cell research (and...
by Lisa Willemse | May 10, 2013
Pea Hen Feather. Credit: Bill Gracey The arrival of summer’s songbirds to much of Canada over the past month makes this a fitting time to talk about feathers. Coincidentally, a paper was released in Science in late April that revealed how stem cells function to...
by Stacey Johnson | May 3, 2013
. It was big news this week when doctors at Children’s Hospital of Illinois performed the first successful pediatric transplant in the U.S. of a regenerated trachea using a synthetic scaffold. The Canadian father and Korean mother of two-year-old Hannah Genevieve...
by Roshan Yoganathan | May 1, 2013
. The work by Joe Landolina and Suneris Inc., highlighted by Stacey Johnson in her recent post, helps bring to the forefront the industry’s motivation to utilize “smart biomaterials”. The Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine has been researching smart...
by David Kent | Apr 30, 2013
. Stem cells must strike a balance between different types of divisional outcomes in order to provide the correct numbers and types of cells for the lifetime of an organism. At each cell division, a stem cell either makes two replicates of itself to expand the...
by Lisa Willemse | Apr 26, 2013
. Entire limb or organ regeneration is held out to be the holy grail of regenerative medicine. As an example, we look to certain reptiles such as salamanders, geckos and lizards, which have the incredible ability to regrow limbs or tails. Lots has been written on what...
by Lisa Willemse | Apr 25, 2013
Co-authored with Geoff Lomax, CIRM’s Senior Officer to the Standards Working Group from the “Understanding Stem Cell Controversies” Workshop organized by the Stem Cell Network in Montreal. This article is cross-posted on the CIRM blog. The afternoon session on Day 2...
by Lisa Willemse | Apr 24, 2013
Co-authored with Geoff Lomax, CIRM’s Senior Officer to the Standards Working Group from the “Understanding Stem Cell Controversies” Workshop organized by the Stem Cell Network in Montreal. This article is cross-posted on the CIRM blog. “Stem cell...
by Nick Dragojlovic | Apr 23, 2013
. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ongoing efforts to assert its authority to regulate U.S.-based companies that offer unlicensed stem cell therapies (Regenerative Sciences or Celltex, for example) has prompted a mixed response from the regenerative...
by David Brindley | Apr 22, 2013
. Within the past few weeks, we have all lost someone who has impacted our lives. And this I can guarantee. On Monday 8th April 2013, I woke up, grabbed my tennis bag and headed for a morning hit. In the car, I heard the lacquered voice of the BBC’s John Humphrys...
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