by Paul Krzyzanowski | May 4, 2012
Commercialization plenary summary: part 3 of 4 On day two (May 1) of the Till and McCulloch Meetings, Dr. Emily Culme-Seymour from the London Regenerative Medicine Network introduced work that leverages previous clinical trial information to support future cell...
by David Kent | May 2, 2012
Anticipatory ethics and the problem of expectations One of my favorite things about Canadian Stem Cell Network meetings (now renamed the Till and McCulloch Meetings) is the integration into the main programming of Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI). It...
by Paul Krzyzanowski | May 1, 2012
Commercialization plenary summary, part 2 of 4 One of the most dynamic speakers of the conference thus far was Greg Bonfiglio of Proteus Venture Partners. A well-known VC speaker in this area, Bonfiglio shared his perspectives of how the commercialization of...
by Paul Krzyzanowski | May 1, 2012
Commercialization plenary summary, part 1 of 4 Till and McCulloch Meeting (#TMM2012) attendees in Montreal had the opportunity to hear from four speakers involved in commercializing discoveries in regenerative medicine, from the perspectives of not-for-profit,...
by Lisa Willemse | Apr 24, 2012
An interview with Till & McCulloch Award winner, Dr. Aaron Schimmer, whose paper, entitled “Inhibition of mitochondrial translation as a therapeutic strategy for human acute myeloid leukemia,” published in Cancer Cell, November 2011, was selected by committee as...
by Angela C. H. McDonald | Apr 17, 2012
Most research on stem cells involves the manipulation of gene expression, to some degree or another. During stem cell differentiation, the expression of specific genes orchestrates the choices cells make along the path from stem cell to adult cell — a process...
by Lisa Willemse | Apr 12, 2012
2010 Cells I See winner: The Beauty of Pluripotency by Kamal Garcha For the past four years, the Stem Cell Network has held a small image/art contest, known as Cells I See. You may have viewed announcements of the winners in previous blog posts. The contest, by and...
by Paul Krzyzanowski | Mar 27, 2012
Without a doubt, scientific research has the potential to discover new knowledge that can be used to improve human life. New tools and new ways of doing things are constantly being developed or invented, but arguably need to be commercialized before their benefits...
by Angela C. H. McDonald | Mar 21, 2012
Titanium can be found everywhere. It is used in cars, sporting equipment and even jewelry manufacturing. But did you know that titanium products are used inside the human body? You may know someone who has undergone a joint replacement procedure or someone who has a...
by Ben Paylor | Mar 19, 2012
Photo: Mario Moscovici For those who have been involved with StemCellTalks, it’s hard to believe that it’s already in its third year. Some degree of perspective on the pace at which it has been growing can be found in the numbers associated with the event. To date,...
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