Often times great science develops after two researchers bump into each other and trade ideas. When I worked at Harvard we designed a new research building with two-story kitchens on every-other floor to force researchers from one floor to bump into researchers from the neighboring floor. Over the next few years I documented several collaborations … Continue reading Up your “bump-rate” at the biggest stem cell meeting of the year
Author: Don Gibbons
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: more data suggesting iPS cells may be safe, repairing radiation damage, better gene editing and growing organs
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. More evidence suggesting iPS cells safe. Ever since we learned to reprogram adult cells into embryonic-like stem cells called induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) researchers … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: more data suggesting iPS cells may be safe, repairing radiation damage, better gene editing and growing organs
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: Two ways to build better scaffolds, sepsis and the business side of therapies
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. Customized homes for stem cells. Some of the most exciting team work in stem cell science today involves pulling in chemists and engineers to design … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: Two ways to build better scaffolds, sepsis and the business side of therapies
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: the future of iPS cells, a biopen for arthritis, shistosomiasis and early embryos
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. Discoverer predicts bright clinical future for iPSCs. Shinya Yamanaka, who won the Nobel Prize in 2012 for figuring out how to reprogram adult cells into … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: the future of iPS cells, a biopen for arthritis, shistosomiasis and early embryos
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: New stem cell type, 3D nerves, bionic heart patches and making bone marrow donation easier
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. When half works like the whole. An international team announced this week that they had developed human stem cells able to reproduce with only half … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: New stem cell type, 3D nerves, bionic heart patches and making bone marrow donation easier
In the Stem Cellar: restoring vision, a visionary on mini-organs and restoring circulation to limbs
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. Eyes owned the web this week. When your work includes any form of electronic communication, you worry about how many eyes see a page of … Continue reading In the Stem Cellar: restoring vision, a visionary on mini-organs and restoring circulation to limbs
Ways to genetically alter stem cells just keep getting better
For science wonks the gene editing technique CRISPR appears in your email, Twitter feed, or journal reading daily, if not hourly. The incredibly easy and inexpensive way to edit the genes in cells has exploded in the past couple years and is increasingly being used to edit stem cells in the lab to study specific … Continue reading Ways to genetically alter stem cells just keep getting better
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: Kidney stem cells, high fat diets, breast cancer and sore joints
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. Young source of kidney stem cells. Some of our organs, like our liver and gut have massive armies of stem cells that can replace and … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: Kidney stem cells, high fat diets, breast cancer and sore joints
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: fighting cancer, a cell’s neighborhood matters, funding next generation scientists
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. Reprogramming skin to fight cancer. Earlier CIRM-funded research showed that adult nerve stem cells can home to the residual brain cancer left behind after surgery … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: fighting cancer, a cell’s neighborhood matters, funding next generation scientists
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: sexual identity of organs, upping the game of muscle stem cells, mini guts produce insulin
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. A new sexual identity crisis—in our organs. With the transition from Mr. to Ms. Jenner and other transsexual news this year, it seems inevitable that … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: sexual identity of organs, upping the game of muscle stem cells, mini guts produce insulin
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