When I helped plan the first Partnering Forum at the Stem Cell Meeting on the Mesa four years ago, I must admit it felt a bit early for the stated goal of the meeting, which was to bring together academic research teams and early stage biotech companies with big pharmaceutical companies and other investors who … Continue reading Meeting designed to bring together investors and researchers seemed to hit pay dirt this year
Author: Don Gibbons
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: heart disease, blindness and replacement teeth
Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. Review looks at approaches to blindness. The Scientist published a nice lay level overview of various teams’ work to use stem cells to cure blindness. … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: heart disease, blindness and replacement teeth
Seventh annual Stem Cell Awareness Day, Oct. 8, will share some of the reasons behind the hope
When we organized the first Stem Cell Awareness Day in 2008 it was a small affair with events in Australia, Canada and a couple venues in California. It has quickly grown to become a sufficiently grass roots event worldwide that we can’t capture all the activities. But we feature 10 events in the US and … Continue reading Seventh annual Stem Cell Awareness Day, Oct. 8, will share some of the reasons behind the hope
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: heart disease, premature infants and incontinence
Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. Decoding heart health and genetics in Asians. A study from CIRM grantee Joseph Wu at Stanford may point the way to using stem cells to … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: heart disease, premature infants and incontinence
Museum exhibit explaining stem cell super heroes opens in Canada today, due in California in 2016
An international touring exhibit using super hero cells as guides to explain the many roles of stem cells in our lives opens today at the Sherbrooke Museum of Nature and Science in Canada. Its five-year tour will include further displays in Canada, the United Kingdom and three stops on California—the San Francisco Bay area, Los … Continue reading Museum exhibit explaining stem cell super heroes opens in Canada today, due in California in 2016
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: a good review at the NY Times, expanding cord blood and leukemia
Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. Review paints picture of the field today. A writer I have respected for many years, Karen Weintraub, wrote a nice review of the current state … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: a good review at the NY Times, expanding cord blood and leukemia
New formula a more efficient way to reprogram adult cells to become like embryonic stem cells
Shinya Yamanaka won the Nobel Prize for developing a recipe of genetic factors that can turn back the clock of adult cells and make them behave like embryonic stem cells. But he would be the first to tell you his recipe ultimately may not be the best one for making these stem cells called iPS … Continue reading New formula a more efficient way to reprogram adult cells to become like embryonic stem cells
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: first iPS clinical trial, cancer metabolism and magnates helping heal hearts
Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. First clinical trial with reprogrammed stem cells. Today, a Japanese woman became the first patient to be treated with cells derived from reprogrammed iPS-type stem … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: first iPS clinical trial, cancer metabolism and magnates helping heal hearts
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: heart stem cells, lizard tails and mapping progress in the field
Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. Could cells in arteries be elusive heart stem cells? Our hearts have a modest limited ability to regenerate and repair themselves, suggesting we must have … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: heart stem cells, lizard tails and mapping progress in the field
Tiny transparent zebra fish yields big clue to black box of Alzheimer’s disease
The PR folks at the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology in Belgium produced an unusual press release to describe recent work there published in Developmental Cell. They devoted the first half to the marvels of their animal model the zebra fish. For those who have only seen these nearly transparent little guys in a home aquarium … Continue reading Tiny transparent zebra fish yields big clue to black box of Alzheimer’s disease
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