by Stacey Johnson | Dec 27, 2019
If 2019 has felt like another year of information overload, it’s probably safe to assume you’ve missed some posts this year. Don’t despair! According to our readers, these were the posts with the most, the bee’s knees and the lollapalooza of...
by Stacey Johnson | Dec 20, 2019
Are you a risk taker? Do you pride yourself on giving unique and intriguing gifts? Well if you haven’t yet heard of Two Blind Brothers, pay attention. Two Blind Brothers produces clothing to fund blindness research at Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB). As far as...
by Stacey Johnson | Nov 29, 2019
While this November has been dramatic on the weather front, it has been unremarkable as far as Movember goes. I am only n=1, but I haven’t noticed any unusual facial hair growing on male colleagues, friends and family. In fact, I think I’ve spotted only two...
by Farah Qaiser | Nov 20, 2019
Stem cells offer a lot of promise and potential when it comes to regeneration, but the field also faces a lot of hype and misinformation. To tackle this, the Royal Canadian Institute for Science (RCIScience) hosted a panel in October titled “Stem cells: the path to...
by Stacey Johnson | Nov 14, 2019
This cartoon from 1988, drawn by Riana Duncan for Punch, was included in a talk titled “In Search of the Lehman Sisters: Why Your Insights are Needed,” by Shari Graydon, Founder of Informed Opinions, at a “Women in Regenerative Medicine Luncheon” at the 2019 Till...
by David Kent | Nov 7, 2019
In October, I participated in a workshop hosted by Medicine by Design (MbD) in Toronto. The workshop was right up my alley – blood stem cells and clonal evolution – but I’ll spare the Signals readership the specific details.* Rather, today’s post focuses...
by Farah Qaiser | Oct 30, 2019
Earlier this month, over 8,900 individuals (including me!) headed to Houston to attend the 2019 American Society of Human Genetics’ (ASHG) Annual Meeting and learn more about cutting-edge research, science literacy and policy issues in the fields of genetics and...
by Tara Fernandez | Oct 24, 2019
In a dark corner of the nucleus, a mutation lurks, up to no good. It stealthily swaps a DNA base – an A to a T – gleefully awaiting the catastrophic consequences on the encoded protein. A brave CRISPR molecule enters the nucleus and armed with its...
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