Right Turn: Fire(flies) in the belly

by Lisa Willemse | Jul 4, 2014

> It’s July the 4th, a date that most people, or at least Americans, equate with celebrations and fireworks. Less known in the broader world is July 1st, which happens to be Canada Day in my neck of the woods. It also features celebration and fireworks. As...

Right Turn: Wherefore art thou stem cell artists?

by Stacey Johnson | Jun 27, 2014

.. CCRM’s intrepid communications summer student is back! Erin Sugar dishes on the intersection between health, art and science using an intriguing medium: the Petri plate. In the spirit of the return of the Cells I See art contest (submissions begin mid-July, 2014 –...

Careful with the heart strings: Promise vs. potential

by David Kent | Jun 26, 2014

> The cellular therapy plenary at the ISSCR conference on June 19 was an incredibly interesting mix of hope and despair. On one hand, the opening talk by Leigh Turner made us imagine thousands of people in the United States getting duped into stem cell therapies as...

Regenerative Medicine Deal Review: May

by Mark Curtis | Jun 25, 2014

. Welcome to your regenerative medicine deal review for the month of May. The space was quiet this past month; however, NeoStem did strike up a licensing deal with China-based Cellular Biomedicine Group to provide international reach to its newly acquired targeted...

A day in the ISSCR2014 classroom: Student blog post 3

by Guest | Jun 24, 2014

> This is the third in a series of posts from Vancouver high school students who attended the ISSCR conference after winning an essay contest sponsored by the Stem Cell Network, ISSCR and Let’s Talk Science. The contest was organized by Vancouver StemCellTalks....

Right Turn: No passport required for new animation on stem cell tourism

by Ben Paylor | Jun 20, 2014

> Following the initial success of our award-winning StemCellShorts animation project, we are happy to launch the next video in the series. This video features Prof. Timothy Caulfield narrating a response to the question: “What is stem cell tourism?” We were lucky...

A day in the ISSCR2014 classroom: Student blog post 2

by Guest | Jun 20, 2014

> This is the second of a series of posts from Vancouver high school students who attended the ISSCR conference after winning an essay contest sponsored by the Stem Cell Network, ISSCR and Let’s Talk Science. The contest was organized by Vancouver StemCellTalks....

Location, location, location… Studying stem cells in their homes

by David Kent | Jun 19, 2014

> Just four hours after landing in Vancouver for the 2014 meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research, I was delighted to attend the late afternoon plenary session on Cell Heterogeneity. Both John Dick and Connie Eaves – juggernauts of the Canadian...

A day in the ISSCR2014 classroom: Student blog post 1

by Guest | Jun 19, 2014

> This is the first of a series of posts from Vancouver high school students who attended the ISSCR conference after winning an essay contest sponsored by the Stem Cell Network, ISSCR and Let’s Talk Science. The contest was organized by Vancouver...

Right Turn: Things you should know before ISSCR

by Stacey Johnson | Jun 13, 2014

. What’s small and blue and brings a smile to your face? No, not a Smurf and I’m not talking about a little blue pill either. It’s the little cartoon guy from Life Technologies and he has a mission for those who are ISSCR-bound (and even those who aren’t). Watch him...