by David Brindley | Nov 13, 2014
. With contributions from James Smith, a recent Oxford University graduate and current CASMI Translational Stem Cell Consortium Research Associate In the early 1770s, Britain faced a significant financial dilemma. One of its most important commercial institutions,...
by Mark Curtis | Nov 10, 2014
. I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Eytan Abraham over lunch on the first day of the Till & McCulloch Meetings, held last month in Ottawa (October 27-29). After some discussion about cell therapy manufacturing, I learned that he is the new Head of Research and...
by Ben Paylor | Nov 7, 2014
> The well known expression that “the eyes are the gateway to the soul” has tragic connotations in the context of retinal disease. Rhetoric aside, the potential for regenerative medicine to improve our ability to treat ocular disease and injury makes it an exciting...
by Mark Curtis | Nov 4, 2014
. Those following the regenerative medicine (RM) industry are likely in-tune with a rapidly evolving market, on the periphery, that is shaping up to provide a very attractive value proposition to patients, industry, and investors alike. The health care industry is...
by Stacey Johnson | Oct 31, 2014
. Hobgoblins, hocus pocus, hayrides and haunted houses…Happy Halloween! Do those words conjure up a feeling of dread or does a wave of happiness wash over you when you hear Happy Halloween? Perhaps more relevant here, does the word Halloween ever make you think of...
by David Kent | Oct 30, 2014
> One of the consistent themes of the Till and McCulloch Meetings (#TMM2014) is its commitment to having students and postdocs on stage presenting their work. These sessions have been regularly cited by my colleagues as the most interesting and engaging sessions...
by David Kent | Oct 29, 2014
> One of my favourite things about the Till and McCulloch Meetings (#TMM2014) is the careful thought that goes into session organization. The balance of basic science, ethics, engineering, and industrial and clinical applications has always been a nice feature of...
by David Kent | Oct 28, 2014
> Last month, Signals re-posted a blog entry of mine from The Black Hole where I lamented the lack of teamwork in the life sciences. There are, however, always exceptions and I want to highlight one such exception that took the field of blood stem cell expansion by...
by Ben Paylor | Oct 24, 2014
> Just over one year ago, we launched the pilot phase of an animation project titled StemCellShorts here on Signals blog. Funded by a Stem Cell Network Public Outreach Award, the project was very much an experiment for us to see what would happen when you tasked a...
by Lisa Willemse | Oct 20, 2014
> Next week, close to 500 researchers, clinicians, trainees, industry and government representatives will gather in Ottawa for some of the best the stem cell and regenerative medicine research community has to offer. The third Till & McCulloch Meetings is...
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