by Lisa Willemse | Aug 16, 2013
. Life in the lab has its own peculiarities that are best understood by those who toil away for long hours, keeping cells fed and happy day after day. I can’t say I have first hand experience with it myself, but often hear about it from the many trainees...
by Sasha (Alexandra) Lisovsky | Aug 13, 2013
. I was very fortunate to win a CCRM (Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine) scholarship to attend the 6th Annual “Business of Regenerative Medicine: From Stem Cells to the Market Place” at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. The focus...
by David Kent | Aug 12, 2013
. Last month, two studies were published in Science from Luigi Naldini’s group on correcting disease-associated mutations in patient’s stem cells. The two diseases, Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome (WAS) and Metachromatic Leukodystrophy, are sometimes treated with...
by Stacey Johnson | Aug 9, 2013
. Today’s Right Turn, brought to you by CCRM’s summer student Erin Sugar, features an interactive art installation of a human cell that allows individuals to enter and navigate its walls, activating different stages of the cell life cycle with each step. Located in...
by Patrick Blit | Aug 6, 2013
The promise and potential of stem cell therapy has garnered much attention from the media over the years. Countless stories have been reported of groundbreaking stem cell research and that these discoveries are likely to change the way we conduct health care....
by Lisa Willemse | Aug 2, 2013
. Studying disease in a petri dish is nothing new. But the way we’ve been able to make models of disease – and turn those diseased cells back in time to their earliest beginnings – is new. By peering back in time, researchers are gathering a wealth...
by Sara M. Nolte | Jul 30, 2013
. We know that success in research is dependent on public interest and funding, among a great many other things. Public interest helps drive long-term support, but to get that interest you need to generate excitement. So how do you excite people – many of whom are...
by Stacey Johnson | Jul 26, 2013
Today’s Right Turn is brought to you by Erin Sugar, communications intern at the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine. Erin’s love of hamburgers was not harmed by the viewing of this video. Culinary connoisseurs prep your palettes for the...
by Nick Dragojlovic | Jul 23, 2013
Would you use/support crowdfunding for research? Take the survey at the end of this post. . Biomedical research is expensive, and existing sources of funding often fall short. Profitable business models for the development of cell-based therapies are still being...
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