by Amy Adams on August 15, 2011 at 10:53AM | 0 comments
CIRM grantees at Stanford University have removed some of the risk of therapies based on human embryonic stem cells or reprogrammed adult cells, known as iPS cells.
by Amy Adams on July 25, 2011 at 12:20PM | 0 comments
Last week brought a paper by Stanford researchers that has been a long, long time coming. It shows that 12-14 years after the experimental treatment, women with metastatic breast cancer benefited from high dose chemotherapy followed by transplantation of their own blood-forming stem cells. The paper was published online July 15 in Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation.
by Amy Adams on December 15, 2010 at 9:47AM | 0 comments
The response to the story about the Berlin patient who was reported cured of HIV has been incredible, but in this case it's also a little troubling. What I see in comments on news stories or in tweets is that we have an uphill battle in terms of educating people about stem cells.
by Amy Adams on October 20, 2010 at 11:24AM | 0 comments
A good report about bone marrow transplantation in progress comes from the National Hockey League, of all places. Mandi Schwartz, a Yale women's hockey player, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and is being treated at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
In the name of full disclosure, that's the center that cured my mother's lymphoma, so let's just say I'm a fan.
by Amy Adams on October 18, 2010 at 11:44AM | 0 comments
Two interesting reports today discuss the relationship between basic research and the kind of translational research that is the most visible sign of progress toward cures.
In his blog, the director of the bay area biotech collaborative QB3 Regis Kelly writes about public speakers at the Translational Medicine Alliance speaking out against basic research. He says:
by Amy Adams on October 16, 2010 at 12:46PM | 0 comments
One amazing aspect of living in the era of social media is the incredible way information spreads. A butterfly batting its little orange wings in a monarch grove in Santa Cruz could influence a tweet of a blogger heard 'round the world.
by Amy Adams on August 4, 2010 at 10:28AM | 0 comments
The past few days have sent the blogosphere -- especially the anti-embryonic stem cell blogosphere -- abuzz over a story by the Associated Press with the headline "Adult Stem Cell Research Far Ahead of Embryonic."
