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 Michelle Ly | Jul 31, 2012
Chances are you know someone with autism spectrum disorder, or have, at the very least, been exposed to it in the media. Films like I am Sam, Rain Main, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape and well-publicized stories such as that of Hollywood starlet Jenny McCarthy and her...
by Angela C. H. McDonald | Sep 2, 2011
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have great memories. They can remember whether they started out as a skin fibroblast, a blood cell or a pancreatic beta cell. Following reprogramming, iPSCs retain epigenetic (DNA packaging) signatures typical of their somatic...
by Chris Kamel | Mar 2, 2011
They’re promising, but not perfect. Induced pluripotent stem cells are perhaps one of the most studied areas of stem cell research today, as researchers work to improve their method of production, but new findings out of Canada and Finland suggests that the...
by David Kent | Dec 7, 2010
My last post was mostly centred on the lack of openness displayed by a growing number of scientists, but failed to comment on the wonderful array of findings that were presented by world leaders in stem cell biology. The Royal Society Meeting that took place in...
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