by rss feed | Jan 10, 2023 | celebrities, celebrity stem cells, Informational, Joe Rogan stem cells, News Feeds
What could go wrong with celebrities desperately hunting for stem cells as a fountain of youth? A flaskful of problems. Some famous folks can’t seem to get enough of stem cells, even if those supposed therapies are unproven and risky. In recent years, dozens of...
by rss feed | Nov 22, 2022 | CRISPR, CRISPR sickle cell, CRISPR therapy, gene editing, Informational, News Feeds
When I first heard of CRISPR gene editing I was excited for my lab to try it out, but it seemed a long way from the field having even one CRISPR therapy available to treat human disease. In the Knoepfler lab, we study genetic and genomic programming in human...
by rss feed | Nov 15, 2022 | Informational, multipotent, multipotent stem cells, News Feeds, unipotent stem cells
What are examples of unipotent and multipotent stem cells? More broadly, stem cells have the ability to do two key things. They can make more of themselves through a process called self-renewal. Also, they have the ability to differentiate into other cell types. This...
by rss feed | Nov 8, 2022 | Informational, Mastodon, Mastodon tips, News Feeds, social media
Lately it seems like something called Mastodon is on the minds of many a Twitter user. There is a wave of people tweeting “let’s dump Twitter and go to Mastodon now that Musk has taken over!” However, so far I don’t see Mastodon as a solid...
by rss feed | Oct 19, 2022 | germ cells, Informational, News Feeds, sex, sex cells
Germ or sex cells have many important implications for health and research. In today’s post the goal is to provide a helpful, comprehensive overview of these remarkable cells. Where does research on these cells stand today? It’s an exciting time. What are...
by rss feed | Oct 13, 2022 | Are there multiple ways to get stem cells, HeLa cells, Informational, News Feeds, sources of stem cells
I get great questions from readers of The Niche including, “Are there multiple ways to get stem cells?” The answer is “yes.” Why is this important? The different sources of stem cells can impact both their use in basic research and their...
