by Admin | Jun 12, 2017 | Bioethics, News & Opinions, Policy
I just spent a week at Wake Forest University Institute for Regenerative Medicine. I enjoyed the experience of being immersed in all things tissue-regeneration, bio-printing, scaffold development, and, especially, the unique collaboration model they have with private...
by Bernard Siegel | May 25, 2017 | News & Opinions, Policy
In December 2015, the Bipartisan Policy Center –a Washington, D.C. nonprofit think-tank– published a seminal paper entitled Advancing Regenerative Cellular Therapy -Medical Innovation Healthier Americans. This Report provided information about the nature of cell...
by Admin | Apr 24, 2017 | News & Opinions, Policy
Everybody loves a good story. It doesn’t really matter if it’s true or false or somewhere in between. For stories, the truth is found in the telling – in the narrative. When we hear a story, we’re as much captured by the way it’s told, the meaning behind the...
by Bernard Siegel | Apr 12, 2017 | News & Opinions, Policy
Columnist Mitchell Hiltzik savaged the La Jolla-based StemGenix Medical Center “The stem cell therapies offered by La Jolla clinic aren’t FDA approved, may not work- and cost $15,000” reads the title of his piece on the LA Times. StemGenix is the subject of a federal...
by Bernard Siegel | Apr 10, 2017 | Bioethics, News & Opinions, Policy
Sheef /ʃiːf/ noun acronym. Synthetic Human Entity with Embryo-like Features. “Change is avalanching upon our heads and most people are grotesquely unprepared to cope with it.” Alvin Toffler (1970)- Future Shock Stem cell engineering has leaped forward so fast that...
by Admin | Nov 10, 2016 | News & Opinions, Policy
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) is launching the CIRM Translating Center (TC), the first center in the world designed specifically to overcome the unique challenge of manufacturing, safety testing, and other activities needed to successfully...
