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featured expert
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Mickie Bhatia: Pluripotent caricatures
Mickie Bhatia is currently finding and assessing the factors that prompt embryonic and haematopoietic stem cells maintain themselves and to take on new identities. He has directed the Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, since its establishment in 2005. Previously, he led the stem cell biology and regenerative medicine departments at Robarts Research Institute in London, Ontario, Canada.
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news and commentary
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New routes to pluripotency
Human testis cells become pluripotent in culture
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Revamped guidelines aim to keep pace with stem cell advances
The National Academies of Science consider iPS cells
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latest research
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Corneal stem cells, no exceptions
Stem cells throughout the corneal surface repair damage
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Location, location, location
Neural stem cells can adopt an alternative cell fate if placed in the mammary microenvironment
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our picks
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Persistence pays off
Stem cell researchers say that favourable policy in the United Kingdom is the result of taking the time to win over legislators
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Cell therapy: being patient
Cell therapies are as much about patients as they are about cells
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the Niche, our stem cell blog
Stem cell clinical guidelines, stem cell registry open for public comment
The University of Massachusetts has launched its international stem cell registry,; ISSCR has issued its draft guidelines for clinical treatment...
Aussie issues cloning license for human ES cells
Australia has issued its first license for making stem cells from cloned human embryos...
Patents on making iPS cells, and deriving cardiomyocytes from human ES cells
Kyoto University and Geron have just announced patents for powerful stem-cell applications... ...
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stem cells basics
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Stem cells have a great but still uncertain medical potential. They offer scientific insights into how cells develop and how some diseases might be treated. Here we define them, describe how they are studied, and skecth their potential and the controversies that surround them.
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