by David Kent | May 17, 2010
After being spoiled with six years’ worth of camaraderie with the stem cell community in Canada via the Stem Cell Network’s annual meeting and countless other interactions, I recently made the journey from Connie Eaves’ lab in Vancouver to pursue post doctoral...
by Paul Krzyzanowski | May 11, 2010
Imagine that you’ve just discovered a novel drug that potentially solves a medical problem, one that accelerates wound healing in skin or can reduce the size of cancerous tumors. You can show the effects beautifully in your model tissue culture system and mice...
by Ubaka Ogbogu | May 6, 2010
The recent resignation of two members of the Board of Directors of Assisted Human Reproduction Canada (AHRC), the federal regulatory agency responsible for implementing the provisions of the Assisted Human Reproduction Act, has once again raised questions regarding...
by Chris Kamel | Apr 29, 2010
In Britain, a young boy is currently recovering from a remarkable surgery to replace his windpipe. Tissue transplantation itself is hardly a routine thing, but there are a couple of things that make this case, reported in the British Medical Journal, particularly...
by Katie Moisse | Apr 27, 2010
“Neuron replacement is the future–but astrocyte replacement can be done now” Those were the words of stem cell biologist Clive Svendsen during his plenary lecture at the American Academy of Neurology’s annual meeting in Toronto April 15. Svendsen won...
by Stem Cell Network | Apr 26, 2010
The Canadian Stem Cell Foundation has been nominated for Best Activism Website at the 14th Annual Webby Awards, otherwise known as the “Oscars of the Internet”. The Webby’s recognize the world’s best websites, interactive advertising, online...
by Stem Cell Network | Apr 15, 2010
Researchers in Montréal announced this week that they have successfully used stem cells as a key part of a treatment for a patient with heart muscle failure due to severe heart disease. The procedure involves implanting autologous stem cells into the heart muscle of a...
by Stem Cell Network | Apr 12, 2010
With new developments in stem cell biology happening all the time, high school and undergraduate biology teachers are constantly challenged with the prospect of integrating stem cells into their lesson plans. Teachers and students at last week’s StemCellTalks event in...
by Stem Cell Network | Mar 30, 2010
The Stem Cell Network has received a lot of beautiful images and great stem cell-inspired artwork from members and trainees over the course of the last two years, as a part of our Cells I See art initiative. And we’re happy to say that the artwork is now...
by Stem Cell Network | Mar 19, 2010
The StemCellTalks event at the MaRS Centre in Toronto was one of the most exciting and successful outreach events the Stem Cell Network has catalysed in the past ten years. There was an energy in the room that prompted more than one of the attendees to comment that...
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