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Right Turn: Out of the bubble with gene-edited stem cells

> This is a rather exciting time to be in the stem cell and regenerative medicine field and one of the main reasons for this is the number of announcements and articles about clinical trials taking place. Seven years ago, when I joined the Stem Cell Network, these...

Regenerative Medicine Deal Review: January

. Welcome to your Regenerative Medicine Deal Review for the month of January! There was lots of flow in January, including yet another research collaboration from Cellular Dynamics International – this time with the Nestle Institute of Health Sciences to use the...

Preliminary success in blood stem cell gene therapy

. 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...

ISCT meeting: a balance of business and academia that works

With rain, rain and more rain in the forecast, I was more than happy to escape wet and dreary Vancouver and attend the 18th International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT) annual meeting, which took place in Seattle, Washington last month. The weather was (slightly)...

Tread lightly in the valley of death…

Last week, a major kerfuffle erupted in the UK stem cell community as leading scientists and pro stem cell organizations argued that Britain’s range of economic austerity measures would jeopardize their ability to be a major player in translational research. Articles...