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Unraveling the mysteries of blood: Gene that regulates self-renewal discovered 26 Aug 2013 | 11:22 pm
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 ...
Right Turn: Delivering your quick fix one Friday at a time 23 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
. After a summer of interning at CCRM, English major and PR convert Erin Sugar has learned a great deal about the world of regenerative medicine and the behavior of scientists. Her final Right Turn ha...
Right Turn: The comic side of lab life 16 Aug 2013 | 07:02 pm
. Life in the lab has its own peculiarities that are best understood by those who toil away for long hours, keeping cells fed and happy day after day. I can’t say I have first had experience with it ...
The regenerative medicine industry: From “bench to business” 13 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
. I was very fortunate to win a CCRM (Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine) scholarship to attend the 6th Annual “Business of Regenerative Medicine: From Stem Cells to the Market Pla...
Preliminary success in blood stem cell gene therapy 12 Aug 2013 | 07:05 pm
. 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...
Right Turn: A walk to remember 9 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
. Today’s Right Turn, brought to you by CCRM’s summer student Erin Sugar, features an interactive art installation of a human cell that allows individuals to enter and navigate its walls, activating ...
Novel biomaterial devices provide a breath of fresh air 6 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
First artificial trachea implants breathe life into tissue engineering The promise and potential of stem cell therapy has garnered much attention from the media over the years. Countless stories h...
Right Turn: The next top model is in a dish 2 Aug 2013 | 07:08 pm
. Studying disease in a petri dish is nothing new. But the way we’ve been able to make models of disease – and turn those diseased cells back in time to their earliest beginnings – is new. By peering...
Cancer stem cells – because sex sells (and specificity doesn’t) 30 Jul 2013 | 07:05 pm
. We know that success in research is dependent on public interest and funding, among a great many other things. Public interest helps drive long-term support, but to get that interest you need to ge...
Right Turn: Innovation you can sink your teeth into 26 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
. Culinary connoisseurs prep your palettes for the world’s first stem cell burger tasting to be held in London, England, on August 5. Dr. Mark Post, a Dutch scientist from the University of Maastrich...
