Preliminary success in blood stem cell gene therapy
. Last month, two studies were published in Science from Luigi Naldini’s group on correcting disease-associated mutations in patient’s stem cells. The two diseases, Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome (WAS) and...
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Unraveling the mysteries of blood: Gene that regulates self-renewal discovered
Are we beginning to understand the complex conversations that control blood stem cell fate? Researchers in Toronto have found how one gene, GATA-3, helps prolong self-renewal properties. > They say...
View ArticleStemCellShorts #2 – What are embryonic stem cells?
“Stem cell research is going to impact on the lives of all Canadians as we move to an era of new stem cell-based treatments for degenerative diseases. StemCellShorts helps to engage the public in...
View ArticleStem cell defects may help explain premature aging in Down Syndrome
> This week, while perusing my favourite news websites, I discovered that October is Down Syndrome Awareness month in the US. We Canadians however, have reserved our Down Syndrome Awareness week for...
View ArticleRegenerative Medicine Deal Review
. Welcome to the first Regenerative Medicine Deal Review, an overview of recent licensing, partnering, and financing activity all exclusively in the regenerative medicine and cell therapy industries....
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Alberta bound: 6 reasons to follow the Till & McCulloch Meetings
Cascade mountain as seen from Banff Avenue. The Till & McCulloch Meetings will take place Oct 23-25 and you can follow updates on this blog, as well as on ipscell.com and on Twitter #TMM2013....
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Jacob Hanna on Radically Deterministic Reprogramming @TMM2013
Guest post by Paul Knoepfler, cross-posted on ipscell.com Dr. Jacob Hanna of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. What is “radically deterministic” cellular reprogramming? Jacob Hanna’s lab...
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Day 1 at #TMM2013: Hongkui Deng breaks down iPS cells
Hongkui Deng fielding questions from the audience at the Till and McCulloch Meetings in Banff, Alberta. Photo: Graham Twomey > Set in the beautiful mountain setting of Banff National Park, the first...
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Jailbreaking cell fate reprograms to multiple stem cell types says Nagy
Guest post by Paul Knoepfler, cross-posted on ipscell.com Andras Nagy speaking at the Till & McCulloch Meetings in Banff. Photo: Graham Twomey You can jailbreak your iPhone, but perhaps you can...
View ArticleStemCellShorts 3: What are induced pluripotent stem cells?
“Canada is home to numerous stem cell discoveries and StemCellShorts is an excellent medium through which we can convey these accomplishments to Canadians and others worldwide. The ‘shorts’ are...
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Back to basics: BRCA1 and breast cancer
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month in North America > May 14th, 2013 marked an important day for breast cancer awareness. This was the day Angelina Jolie revealed that she had undergone a...
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Scientist-bloggers, this award’s for you
Stacey, Lisa Emily, Patrick and Mark on hand to pick up the Silver COPA for best blog. > We’re walking a little taller today. And carrying some silver, thanks to a Canadian Online Publishing Award...
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A PSA for prostate cancer stem cells
> In honour of Movember – men’s health awareness month – I’m going to talk about prostate cancer. Not in the usual way – PSA (prostate-specific antigen) screens and clinical exams – but rather, from...
View ArticleRight Turn: The colon, untangled
> I’ve been thinking a lot about cancer lately: the mother of a good friend of mine is in the last stages of a terminal battle with pancreatic cancer and my godfather, a man with whom I share fond...
View ArticleA Californian approach to working with patient advocates
> To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether ’tis Nobler in the mind to suffer The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune, Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles, And by opposing end...
View ArticleUpdate from the Clinic: December
. Welcome to your Update from the Clinic for the month of December. Athersys and NeoStem both confirm completion of enrollment for phase 2 studies while bluebird bio announces the first patient...
View ArticleHuman brains, frozen for 11 years, still yield pluripotent stem cells
> If your morning cup of coffee wasn’t enough to wake you up today, researchers from the New York Stem Cell Foundation and Columbia University just reported being able to generate iPS cells from...
View ArticleRight Turn: It glows, its heart beats, and it grew from STAP cells
> By now, most readers will be familiar with this week’s announcement of a remarkable new discovery that mouse cells were made pluripotent using a relatively simple and quick acid bath technique....
View ArticleUpdate from the Clinic – January
. Welcome to your Update from the Clinic for the month of January! We start the year off with the German health authority approving Pluristem’s next generation GMP cell manufacturing facility....
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The Hunter and the Bear: Italy’s Stamina and Vannoni, as Aesop would have...
Editor’s note: Some of the links included are Italian language sources The case involving Stamina Foundation and the legitimacy of its stem cell treatments has been one of the most discussed and...
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