The Niche 2023 stem cell picture contest: $100 or swag

by rss feed | Oct 11, 2023 | contest, News Feeds, stem cell contest, the Niche

Once every year or two here on The Niche I run contests for best pictures or videos. Today’s new contest is for the best stem cell research pictures. Most often what people send in as entries are microscopy images, but you can use your imagination. Today is a...

The Niche foreign language outreach program: 2.5 million reads

by rss feed | May 24, 2022 | Educational outreach, News Feeds, Outreach, stem cells, the Niche

There was a time when The Niche was just about the only stem cell blog or even stem cell-dedicated website more generally across the globe. I realized early on that I needed to reach people who don’t speak English or for whom English is not their first language....

The Niche weekend reads: Editas mess, The Niche updates, papers

by rss feed | Oct 3, 2021 | Editas, News Feeds, the Niche

The news of the week relates to an interim clinical trial report from gene-editing firm Editas on its CRISPR trial for a form of vision loss. On to that in a minute. What have you been reading the past week? Below, I include our weekly list of recommended reads....

Recommend reads: stem cell niche, Georgia & FTC on clinics, more

by rss feed | Aug 22, 2021 | News Feeds, stem cell niche, the Niche, weekly reads

This blog is called The Niche so publications on the stem cell niche often catch my eye even if that’s not something my own lab directly works on much. So today’s recommended reads will start with two papers on the stem cell niche. The first one focused on...

Weekly reads: CRISPR’d marsupial, outpatient recovery post stem cell transplants, Parkinson’s, pubs

by rss feed | Jul 25, 2021 | News Feeds, stem cell transplants, the Niche, weekly reads

This edition of The Niche weekly reads has a bit more good news than usual including on stem cell transplants. It’s nice to see positive developments like some recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplants being able to stay at home afterwards. Also, a...

The Niche reads: COVID, new INDs, clinic suits, papers

by rss feed | Feb 7, 2021 | Blog, Investigational New Drug Application or IND, News Feeds, stem cell law, stem cell lawsuit, the Niche, weekly reads

Here are my recommended weekly reads for The Niche readership for early February 2021 including COVID-19 and stem cell lawsuit updates, papers, and more. How many papers do you end up reading each week or month these days? More or less than before the pandemic?...