by Mark Curtis | Sep 30, 2015
. Welcome to your cell therapy deal review for the month of August. Synthetic biology giant Intrexon closed a large financing; Immune Design announced a collaboration to pair its viral-based immunotherapy platform with a checkpoint inhibitor; and, NantKwest received a...
by Mark Curtis | Sep 29, 2015
. Welcome to your Update from the Clinic for the month of August. The adult stem cell community enjoyed a much needed confidence boost after TiGenix announced its Phase 3 trial hit its primary endpoint. Northwest confirmed its Phase 3 trial of DCVax in glioblastoma is...
by Sara M. Nolte | Sep 28, 2015
. Much of what we discuss here on Signals is what’s going on in the lab. I’ve definitely done my share of promoting basic science research in the cancer stem cell field (here and here). By now you, and almost everyone else, must be wondering why these “wonder drugs”...
by Stacey Johnson | Sep 25, 2015
. Not quite daily, but often enough to have a prepared message at the ready, I get inquiries from people seeking a stem cell treatment for themselves or loved ones who suffer from one disease/condition or another. (When I’m not working on Signals, I am responsible for...
by David Kent | Sep 22, 2015
. I was reading Nature the other day and came across a neat article from Yukikio Yamashita’s group at the University of Michigan entitled Nanotubes mediate niche–stem-cell signalling in the Drosophila testis. It may not sound interesting to our average reader, but the...
by Stacey Johnson | Sep 18, 2015
. Ever since Kevin McCormack, Director of Communications at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), produced the first episode of “Stem Cells in Your Face,” I’ve been waiting for the sequel. If you, like me, are a fan, then the wait is over....
by Holly Wobma | Sep 15, 2015
. For linguistics enthusiasts, you might find it curious that almost every language uses anatomical metaphors in everyday speech. For example, you may have heard the phrase: “that cost an arm and a leg” or “I’d give up a kidney to [fill in blank].” To those we love we...
by Stacey Johnson | Sep 11, 2015
. University and college students have invaded Toronto in the hundreds of thousands (nearly 200,000 apparently). Not that I think this is a bad thing, as I stated last week. I recognize that this is a phenomenon seen across Canada and around the world, but with four...
by Paul Krzyzanowski | Sep 10, 2015
. Bioethicists have had ample time this summer for self-reflection, following Steven Pinker’s op-ed in The Boston Globe that’s informally become known as the “Get out of the way” article. I’ve always found Pinker to be one of my favourite authors due to the fact his...
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