by Paul Krzyzanowski | Nov 21, 2012
While the 2012 US election was in full swing, I reminded readers that despite the dominance of the world’s economic problems in this cycle, stem cell research was a political issue that hadn’t completely gone away.[pullquote]Ironically, if – and this is a...
by Michael May | Nov 19, 2012
James Till and Ernest McCulloch identified stem cells 50 years ago in Toronto, and their legacy is a vibrant community of scientists who are leaders in this field of research. But what does that mean in terms of producing products and therapies to heal and cure...
by Holly Wobma | Nov 14, 2012
As many of you well know, the U.S. presidential election recently came to a close. Over the last year, there have been numerous speeches from a variety of sources, some of which have been able to rally the masses, due not only to their content but also the speaker’s...
by Nick Dragojlovic | Nov 8, 2012
If you’ve been feeling like you can’t open a web browser these days without finding a story about induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), you’re not alone. Unlike embryonic stem cells, iPSCs are created by directly reprogramming adult cells taken from donors or...
by David Brindley | Nov 5, 2012
Recently, in the twilight on a balmy summer’s evening in DC, an irrationally passionate cell therapy war room convened over meze, ouzo and retsina. And considered the meaty question posed by Lonza’s Jon Rowley: “Where do you think you and the cell therapy industry...
by Stacey Johnson | Oct 31, 2012
with Roshan Yoganathan and Lisa Willemse Are zombies real? And yes, we mean creepy, flesh-eating, run-for-the-hills zombies — not that state you find yourself in on a Monday morning before you’ve had a double espresso. Unless you’re a zombie yourself, it’s quite...
by Stacey Johnson | Oct 26, 2012
On the same day that I learned the (disturbing and sad) news that a friend, a woman in her early 40s, has a pacemaker, I read that a stem cell scientist in cardiovascular medicine, at the University of California, has received a grant to develop stem cells that...
by Natasha Davie | Oct 17, 2012
It has taken just six years since the release of his seminal publication on the genetic reprogramming of human somatic cells for Shinya Yamanaka to be awarded the most prestigious of all accolades: the Nobel Prize. Compare that to his co-recipient, Sir John B. Gurdon,...
by Angela C. H. McDonald | Oct 16, 2012
I periodically indulge myself in the personal lives of the Seattle Grace Hospital staff on Grey’s Anatomy. I am particularly fond of the character Dr. Addison Montgomery, world-class neo-natal surgeon. After enduring some juicy relationship drama, Addison decides to...
by Roshan Yoganathan | Oct 5, 2012
I visited London at the end of August and was exposed to the Paralympics for the first time. One of the biggest stars of the London 2012 Paralympics was Oscar Pistorius, a 200m and 400m sprinter from South Africa with double, below-knee amputations. He received...
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