Researchers at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Mass., have manipulated mouse fibroblasts and turned them into cells with such developmental elasticity that they appear identical to embryonic stem cells. Video Rating: 4 / 5 Permanent link to this post (38 words, estimated 9 secs reading time) [Continue]
Actual footage of ES cells differentiated into smooth muscle. Music: Sopranos Theme Song, dedicated to our fearless leader, Jimmy Sacc. (written by Deeann) Video Rating: 3 / 5 (Part 5 of 7) Evan Henry, a Parkinson’s disease patient advocate, and Birgitt Schuele, a professor at The Parkinson’s Institute, spoke at “Synapses Firing: [Continue]
(Part 7 of Dan Desmond, spoke at the “Spotlight on Disease Team Awards: ALS,” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on June 23, 2010. Desmond has a Master of Arts in counseling psychology and is founding director of Family Focus Christian Counseling, Inc. The CIRM-hosted event was presented in San Diego, [Continue]
Professor Trounson’s presentation focuses on how stem cell research has the potential to yield groundbreaking new tools to understand and develop therapies for CP and related brain disorders. He also discusses the challenging nature of the research and its high risk to investigators which in many cases requires novel interdisciplinary [Continue]
(Part 1 of 4) Robert Klein, JD and Leeza Gibbons, gave the welcoming remarks for the “Spotlight on Alzheimer’s Disease,” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on December 10, 2008. Klein is Chair of the CIRM Governing Board and President of Klein Financial Corporation. Gibbons is a patient advocate [Continue]
There is currently a bit of hoopla going on about Barack Obama and his commercial about John McCain’s support (or lack of support) for embryonic stem cell research. I want to look at the truth of the matter. So here are a couple links. I also expect to have a blog post about this issue [Continue]
On August 23, 2010, a federal district judge blocked federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. Here, Andres Trevino, the father of a boy cured by stem cells, reacts to the news. Permanent link to this post (34 words, estimated 8 secs reading time) [Continue]
This is a preview of Elaine Fuchs Part 1: Introduction to Stem Cells English Subtitle. Read the full post (232 words, estimated 56 secs reading time) [Continue]
Video Rating: 0 / 5 Permanent link to this post (7 words, estimated 2 secs reading time) [Continue]
(Part 7 of 9) Ann Tsukamoto, Ph.D., spoke at the Scientific Writer’s Seminar, a workshop presented on September 17, 2008 at CIRM headquarters in San Francisco. Tsukamoto is the Chief Operating Officer at Stem Cells, Inc., a Palo Alto based company that has begun a stem cell based human clinical trial for the treatment of [Continue]
