A TGIF weekend reading list of new stem cell pubs & headlines
In case you have some free time for reading this week, here’s a list containing an assortment of interesting research articles and stem cell headlines. I’ve thrown some oddballs in there too including...
View ArticleThe 12 months of stem cell blog mass
Inspired by DrugMonkeyBlog, I have gone through and listed the first ipscell.com blog posts of each of the 12 months of 2014. It makes for a surprising summary of the year. Think of it as the 12 months...
View ArticleRadical Vision for CIRM Future: Interview with New Prez Mills
Change is in the air for the California stem cell agency, CIRM. It has a new President, Randy Mills, and CIRM is soon going to be like a new agency too. I recently did an interview with Mills that...
View ArticlePositive Stem Cell Developments in 2014
A lot has happened in 2014 in the stem cell and regenerative medicine field and so much of it has been good news so let’s focus on the positive. These positive developments are often the result of many...
View ArticleCIRM 2.0 starts off with a bang
CIRM has reinvented itself in a new form, CIRM 2.0, under the leadership of its new President Randy Mills. CIRM is almost like a stem cell that has changed into another new kind of stem cell. Us...
View ArticleStem Cell Meeting on the Mesa: Highlights from Heather Main
By Heather Main (from Stem Cell Meeting on the Mesa) Mesa, one of my first Spanish words since moving to California. The isolated flat-topped hill with steep sides where I have just had the pleasure of...
View ArticleKey stem cell stories of the year 2015
What were the top 10 stem cell stories of the year? What were the biggest news and science headlines in the stem cell field in 2015, whether good or bad? Below are mine. What are your top 10 stem cell...
View ArticleTGIF Science: funding, CRISPR v. NgAgo, secrets, Zika, & more
Some stuff on my mind for our TGIF Science this week. Research Funding Ups: NIH. Is it my imagination or is NIH funding slightly improving? This is the overall vibe I’m hearing from the trenches....
View ArticleThe backstory on my opinion piece in SF Chronicle critical of CIRM lobbying
Today an opinion piece that I wrote about CIRM was published in the San Francisco Chronicle. The unusual element here is that the article is critical of CIRM. More specifically I raised concerns about...
View ArticleProp 14 California: Big Expectations for CIRM 3.0
Approval of Prop 14 California last month to renew CIRM was one of the biggest state election developments of 2020. Yet it didn’t get much news coverage somehow. The exception is David Jensen over at...
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