by David Grant | Jan 26, 2011
How do newspaper articles portray stem cell tourism? A research team at the University of Alberta recently asked this question, and their results were published last month in the journal Nature. Their conclusions were both surprising, and hopeful. The team, led by...
by Stem Cell Network | Dec 21, 2010
Ben Paylor introducing speakers at StemCellTalks by Ben Paylor, Maisam Makarem and Véronique Lecault December 3rd, 2010. 8:45am. The auditorium lights of the Michael Smith Laboratories at UBC dimmed on nearly 50 eager Greater Vancouver high school students and 15...
by Stem Cell Network | Nov 23, 2010
It may be cold in Calgary but there’s plenty of warmth and amicable conversation at the Stem Cell Network annual meeting. Day 1 opened with an afternoon plenary featuring some impressive talks. Peter Lansdorp of the BC Cancer Agency gave an overview of his...
by Stem Cell Network | Mar 16, 2010
About 130 high school students gathered with a group of leading research scientists, teachers, and graduate students on Friday, March 12 for the inaugural StemCellTalks symposium at the MaRS Collaboration Centre Auditorium in Toronto. The group was together for a...
by Stem Cell Network | Jan 19, 2010
The journal Nature Methods recently announced induced pluripotent stem cells as Method of the Year 2009 for its potential for biological discovery. In the few short years since their discovery by Japanese researcher Shinya Yamanaka, iPS cells have become one of the...
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