by David Brindley | Jul 9, 2013
. At the close of ISSCR2013, I left Boston bathed in an ochre sunset, and settled on a plane to reflect on what my most unexpected learning had been. My plane was bound not for home (London), but for Istanbul, where the TERMIS meeting was about to begin. As far as I’m...
by Peter Raaymakers | May 15, 2013
In last week’s Right Turn, we talked about how stem cells are responsible for the colours and patterns of bird feathers—and birds, as the graphic on the right demonstrates, are basically just tiny dinosaurs. Given that there is much promise in stem cell research (and...
by Paul Krzyzanowski | Nov 21, 2012
While the 2012 US election was in full swing, I reminded readers that despite the dominance of the world’s economic problems in this cycle, stem cell research was a political issue that hadn’t completely gone away.[pullquote]Ironically, if – and this is a...
by Holly Wobma | Nov 14, 2012
As many of you well know, the U.S. presidential election recently came to a close. Over the last year, there have been numerous speeches from a variety of sources, some of which have been able to rally the masses, due not only to their content but also the speaker’s...
by Nick Dragojlovic | Nov 8, 2012
If you’ve been feeling like you can’t open a web browser these days without finding a story about induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), you’re not alone. Unlike embryonic stem cells, iPSCs are created by directly reprogramming adult cells taken from donors or...
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