by rss feed | Jan 21, 2026 | hype, News Feeds, Stroke
About a decade ago, I started giving out stem cell hype awards, including one for a stem cells for stroke headline. It was way over the top: ‘Stanford researchers ‘stunned’ by stem cell experiment that helped stroke patient walk’. This is one of the most...
by rss feed | May 12, 2024 | hype, News Feeds, stem cell hype, weekly reads
Stem cell hype is a big problem these days. It’s been going on for decades. Even some generally good citizens of the stem cell and regenerative medicine arena engage in it at times. Maybe a few of them don’t even realize what they are doing. I think a few...
by rss feed | Jan 9, 2024 | anthrobots, biobots, hype, News Feeds, organoids, xenobots
If you remember xenobots, mobile clusters of frog cells, now you might be interested to learn that some of the same team brings us human cell clusters called anthrobots. Both frog and human cellular clusters are considered types of biobots or robots made of cells. To...
by rss feed | Dec 29, 2023 | hype, News Feeds, Science Hype Award, The Screamers
Every year I give out The Screamers Science Hype Award. The point of The Screamers is to raise awareness about science hype and catalyze new ways to combat it. In that spirit, I award what I see as the most extreme examples of science hype. Sometimes in addition to...
by rss feed | Jul 18, 2023 | Aging, David Sinclair, hype, News Feeds, OSK-mediated rejuvenation, Reviews
The work of Harvard professor David Sinclair presents a kind of puzzle as his published research is generally interesting and important, but at the same time, I believe that he hypes anti-aging science. In addition, he promotes unproven supplements and lifestyle...
by rss feed | Feb 20, 2022 | FDA, HIV cure, hype, News Feeds, weekly reads
The idea of stem cells outright curing diseases is exciting and has powerful appeal, but media need to be careful about using the word cure in headlines and articles as we saw this week related to a possible HIV Cure. HIV cure via stem cells and chemo? The big news of...
