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Insightful interview with Arnold Caplan: Part 1: MSC history, nomenclature, &...
A few days ago I had a long, very enjoyable phone conversation with the father of the mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) field, Dr. Arnold Caplan. Dr. Caplan is Professor of Biology, Director Skeletal...
View ArticleInterview with Arnold Caplan Part 2: propagation, placebos, patients, and...
I recently interview Arnold Caplan, the father of the MSC field, and published part 1 of the interview (you can read it here). Today in part 2 we cover more topics of great importance related to MSCs...
View ArticlePlacebo effect &“the fade” after stem cell clinic shots
Sometimes when I talk about possible placebo effects with fans of stem cell clinics I feel like placebo becomes akin to a bad word in the discussion. However, any kind of medical procedure can cause...
View ArticleInterview with Arnold Caplan, Part 4: the FDA and the Future
Today is part of 4 (the last) of my interview with Dr. Arnold Caplan, MSC godfather and guru. You can read parts 1-3 of the interview here, here, and here. In this post I focus on my discussion with...
View Article20 Nominees for Stem Cell Person of the Year 2016 Award
I received a score of great nominations for the Stem Cell Person of the Year 2016 Award and have briefly described the twenty nominees below. The point of the award is to honor the top positive stem...
View ArticleVote now for your pick for Stem Cell Person of the Year 2016
Vote on your pick for the top stem cell outside the box thinker and positive impactor in 2016 from the 20 choices below. The top 10 vote getters will be finalists from which I will have the tough task...
View Article10 finalists for Stem Cell Person of the Year 2016
The voting on the 20 nominees for Stem Cell Person of the Year finished at midnight last night. After more than 1,000 votes, we have the top 10 finalists. These ten are some of the most remarkable...
View Article‘I’d need a drink’: WaPo deep dive on clinic firm Lung Health Institute
Washington Post reporters William Wan and Laurie McGinley have a new piece on the unproven regenerative clinic firm the Lung Health Institute. This article has a number of surprises and new insights....
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