by rss feed | Aug 23, 2022 | Educational, Insurance, insurance cover stem cell therapy?, medicare stem cells, News Feeds, stem cell insurance
A common question I hear from readers of The Niche is some version of, “Is stem cell therapy covered by insurance?” Sometimes they also ask about Medicare coverage. To be clear, I’m talking about unproven stem cell “therapies” here. The...
by rss feed | Aug 18, 2022 | bioethics, Educational, human embryo model, Jacob Hanna, Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, News Feeds, Renewal Bio
Stem cell biologist Jacob Hanna has a new startup called Renewal Bio. Its goal is to harvest cells or tissues from human embryo or fetus models for clinical use. I believe that their commercial ambitions have so far outstripped careful thought and discussion in the...
by rss feed | Aug 9, 2022 | Educational, H3K27ac, H3K27me3, histone code, histone H3.3, Histones, News Feeds
Histone proteins such as histone H3 are often popping up in science writing and news sometimes includes specific modified forms of H3 including one that we scientists call H3K27me3. What is in this article What is H3K27me3? | The histone code | H3K27ac and...
by rss feed | Aug 2, 2022 | brain organoids, cerebral organoids, Educational, mini brains, News Feeds, organoids
Organoids including brain organoids are an exciting, relatively new area of research. This technology is having a powerful impact on biomedical science, which is the focus of today’s post. What’s in this post Definition of organoids | Brain organoids...
by rss feed | Jul 10, 2022 | cloning, Educational, human cloning, News Feeds, weekly reads
Cloning is one of those topics that both fascinates and kind of scares people, especially the idea of duplicating people. I regularly cover the topic here on The Niche because stem cell technologies are involved. Also, one form of the process sometimes called...
by rss feed | Jun 21, 2022 | Educational, FDA, FDA untitled letter, FDA Warning Letter, News Feeds
Firms that are active in the biologics space face many possible challenges but the possibility of getting an FDA warning letter is one of the most intense. The goal of today’s post is to explain what an FDA warning letter is all about. This analysis includes...
