Embryonic vs Adult stem cells wars
… a lot of the enthusiasm and emotion that has driven human embryonic stem cells is the idea that we’ll use this for transplantation and cure diseases like Parkinson, and while I think in limited...
View ArticleHematopoietic scheme models – why do we need that many?
Note: There is a print link embedded within this post, please visit this post to print it. A couple of weeks ago we had a journal club about some contradictions in hematopoietic hierarchy models,...
View ArticleWill the Body Become a Renewable Resource? Discussion
Panel discussion provided by FORA.tv Irving Weissman, David Scadden, Tannishtha Reya and Antony Atala. Recorded Oct. 2007 @Aspen Institute (Aspen, CO, USA) Related posts: Lecture: David Scadden –...
View ArticleReviews: Models of haematopoiesis: seeing the wood for the trees
Recently I’ve questioned why do we have so many models of hematopoietic hierarchy? It’s getting even more and more complicated over the years. Last week I just came across a fresh review of this...
View ArticleComplexity of cancer stem cells
Note: There is a print link embedded within this post, please visit this post to print it. With such a diversity of opinion, one might imagine that some hugely controversial or complex data sets have...
View ArticleSome thoughts about stem cell tourism
Note: There is a print link embedded within this post, please visit this post to print it. Stem cell tourism is a very very tough question. As part of medical tourism it should be a good thing, but...
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