by Stacey Johnson | Feb 19, 2016
I had the pleasure of talking about my career to my daughter’s class when she was in grade 5. In an effort to keep the kids awake, I avoided a potentially sleep-inducing talk about corporate communications and instead focused most of my presentation on giving a simple...
by David Kent | Nov 16, 2015
The United Kingdom has begun its foray into using cells derived from human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) in clinical settings. I have to admit I was surprised that following coverage on the BBC and in The Guardian, there was virtually no anti-ESC protesting to be found,...
by Nicole Kuchinsky | Oct 15, 2015
Last week, a Nature News article reported that the Harvard geneticist George Church had modified over 60 genes in pig embryos using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing. I’m sure you’re expecting my scientific perspective on the significance of this news in the context of the...
by Stacey Johnson | Aug 14, 2015
. Do you listen to The Stem Cell Podcast? If not, why not? Last September, former Signals co-editor Lisa Willemse blogged about the podcast, which, at the time, was celebrating its first anniversary. The hosts and creators behind the podcast are celebrating another...
by David Kent | Apr 16, 2015
. Last month, Nature published a comment by Edward Lanphier and colleagues, which foreshadows the publication of a study in which scientists have used new genome editing tools to modify the DNA of human embryos. Author David Cyranoski weighed in, suggesting that...
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