by Stacey Johnson | Sep 26, 2012
My grandmother, at 97, is excited about stem cell research because she sees the possibilities. Regenerative medicine IS an exciting field. It’s on the cutting edge of science and fans and critics alike debate its merits regularly in the press and in blogs. Every day,...
by Paul Krzyzanowski | Sep 20, 2012
[pullquote]How will Romney’s opinion change in light of papers, which describe healthy mice being created from iPS cells?[/pullquote]As 2012 slowly creeps on we can finally see November’s Presidential Election in the United States on the horizon marking the end of a...
by Angela C. H. McDonald | Sep 11, 2012
You don’t have to follow pharmaceutical industry news to know that this summer has been a disappointing one for Alzheimer’s research. Many major media outlets covered the failure of potential Alzheimer’s drug bapineuzumab (Pfizer/Johnson & Johnson) in Phase II/III...
by Lisa Willemse | Sep 6, 2012
It seems to me that the number of media stories on stem cell clinical trials (not just preclinical work) is on the increase. Take, for example, news last month of a new clinical trial to test cord blood stem cells as a treatment for autism. This particular...
by Angela C. H. McDonald | Aug 30, 2012
If you tuned into the evening news on Monday night (at least here in Canada), you would have seen my PhD supervisor Janet Rossant, discussing a recent advancement in stem cell differentiation. Amy Wong, post-doctoral fellow in the Rossant lab, created a protocol for...
by Holly Wobma | Aug 22, 2012
With over 34 million people living with HIV, of which only the fortunate have continual access to life-saving anti-retroviral drugs, it comes as no surprise that the recent media announcement of a potential “cure” for HIV went rapidly…well…viral. The excitement...
by Natasha Davie | Aug 16, 2012
The health-care landscape is changing: the previous model of the blockbuster pharmaceutical is being challenged by new therapies that have the potential to offer more effective treatments. In this new contribution to Signals Blog, I describe the present landscape for...
by Angela C. H. McDonald | Aug 13, 2012
It takes precision, focus and persistence to perfect the art of origami. So perhaps it is no accident that researchers have needed to apply the same skills to overcome challenges in siRNA delivery, right down to the folding. A couple of years ago, my fellow blogger...
by Michelle Ly | Jul 31, 2012
Chances are you know someone with autism spectrum disorder, or have, at the very least, been exposed to it in the media. Films like I am Sam, Rain Main, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape and well-publicized stories such as that of Hollywood starlet Jenny McCarthy and her...
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