by Paul Krzyzanowski | Nov 17, 2010
In a previous post, Chris Kamel recently reviewed the Nature article about direct creation of blood progenitors from skin fibroblasts as discovered by Mick Bhatia’s research group. The fascinating thing about this article is the potential for enabling autologous...
by David Kent | Nov 10, 2010
One of the most memorable moments of my PhD training was at a 2006 Keystone conference where Shinya Yamanaka presented a little something called Pluripotency and Nuclear Reprogramming. He carefully presented the transcription factor screen that would culminate in the...
by Chris Kamel | Nov 7, 2010
Though methods to convert adult cells into induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells continue to improve, transition from the lab bench to the clinic can be a trickier proposition. Due to imperfect efficiency, each manipulation — conversion of adult cell to iPS cell...
by Katie Moisse | Nov 5, 2010
In 2009, surgeons transplanted 2,155 organs — nearly a quarter of which were livers – from live or deceased donors into grateful recipients. Sadly, another 3,796 Canadians remained on the transplant wait list, and 249 died while waiting, according to the...
by Stem Cell Network | Nov 3, 2010
Yesterday, for the first time in seven years, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health heard testimony on the current status of stem cell research in Canada. Although the topics covered by MPs during the Committee hearings did not seem to reflect any...
by Stem Cell Network | Nov 2, 2010
Although the use of umbilical cord blood for different medical treatments has been around since 1988, when the first transplant of cord blood was used to treat a patient with Fanconi’s anemia, it’s still a relatively new development in the area of regenerative...
by Stem Cell Network | Oct 22, 2010
In recent years the Stem Cell Network has worked closely with its international colleagues to shed light on clinics offering “stem cell” therapies for which there is scant scientific evidence. One such initiative is A Closer Look at Stem Cell Treatments, a web...
by Stem Cell Network | Oct 21, 2010
For those who follow this blog, you will no doubt know that we are great supporters of the work of Drs. Jim Till and Ernest McCulloch. So, we were thrilled to learn earlier this month that the “fathers of stem cell science” will be honoured today with an...
by Chris Kamel | Oct 19, 2010
As mentioned in a previous post, in order to fully understand what’s happening when stem cells are used for in clinical or in vivo research, we need some way to track them, preferably in a non-invasive manner. This can be done with either reporter genes or some...
by Stem Cell Network | Oct 18, 2010
by Drew Lyall Earlier this month, the Stem Cell Network was delighted to be honoured at the World Stem Cell Summit in Detroit with the 2010 Stem Cell Action Education Award. Presented by the Genetics Policy Institute (GPI), the leading stem cell advocacy organization...
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