by rss feed | Jan 29, 2024 | News Feeds, STAP cells
Exactly ten years ago today, on January 29, 2014, I wrote about two new Nature papers on so-called STAP cells. The papers claimed that stress alone could convert regular non-stem cells into some of the most powerful stem cells. More specifically, the authors claimed...
by rss feed | Dec 3, 2020 | Elisabeth Bik, fake stem cells, Mariusz Ratajczak, MUSE cells, News Feeds, PubPeer, religion, STAP cells, University of Louisville, very small embryonic-like stem cells, VSEL, VSELs
The stem cell field has puzzled on and off for years over a constellation of papers on purported stem cells including so-called VSEL and MUSE cells. Many of us haven’t been convinced that these are real stem cells. I see VSEL and MUSE fitting into a larger...
by rss feed | Dec 3, 2020 | Elisabeth Bik, fake stem cells, Mariusz Ratajczak, MUSE cells, News Feeds, PubPeer, religion, STAP cells, University of Louisville, very small embryonic-like stem cells, VSEL, VSELs
The stem cell field has puzzled on and off for years over a constellation of papers on purported stem cells including so-called VSEL and MUSE cells. Many of us haven’t been convinced that these are real stem cells. I see VSEL and MUSE fitting into a larger...
by rss feed | Oct 13, 2020 | Autism, Bernie Marcus, Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg, Duke, Duke autism, Duke autism program, Duke umbilical cord blood, Marcus Foundation, Muddy waters, Neil Riordan, News Feeds, Northwestern Autoimmune, Northwestern HSCT, pay-for-play, STAP cells, stem cells for autism, The Stem Cell Institute
There is a puzzle when it comes to the controversial idea of using cord blood for autism, because two of the strongest proponents are the autism cord blood program at Duke and for-profit, unproven stem cell clinics. On first glance it seemed like this was a bit of an...
