What is in vivo reprogramming, its potential pros & cons? #stemcells #stemcell #longevity ipscell.com/2025/10/what... Biotechs, academic labs, and influencers are all interested in this emerging technology related to iPS cells but it faces tough challenges

Sorry we had to cancel your cancer treatment, but the Secretary of Defense had to fly all the generals in so he could call them fat.

An eminent oncologist, cancer researcher, and cancer center director is promoting a study that seems to show—but, when critically examined, doesn’t—that COVID vaccines are associated with increased cancer risk. sciencebasedmedicine.org/another-stud...

Weekly #stemcell & regenerative reads: WSJ continues to hammer Prasad, MUSE cells keep coming back, engineering mice to battle Lyme disease, longevity signal vs. noise ipscell.com/2025/09/week... #stemcells

For this #FluorescenceFriday, a gorgeous image of an adult mouse kidney labeled with AQP2 and alpha SMA antibodies. AQP2 (green) marks the collecting duct and distal connecting segment while SMA marks the arterial tree. Courtesy of talented postdoc Sarah McLarnon.

What is HSCT & its possible roles in MS treatment? ipscell.com/2022/09/what... #stemcells #stemcell Why hasn't it caught on more in the US like with insurers?

Despite the drama and hype from influencers, longevity science is making real progress www.statnews.com/2025/09/26/l... my new STAT column including some quotes from my chat @erictopol.bsky.social #aging #stemcells

Such an interesting, relatively new area. Same kind of thing happens in prostate cancer I think and there are neuron-glioma cell interactions too.

Registration is still OPEN for the 2025 CEEHRC Annual Meeting in Banff from Nov 12-15! Abstract submissions are still being accepted. Visit our website for airfare/bus discounts! Final deadline is OCTOBER 10. event.fourwaves.com/... #epigenetics

@stemcells.bsky.social on new trends in dental stem cell banking: "Some clinics and cell banking firms are already suggesting dental stem cell banking as a source of cells to treat specific health conditions yet there are no proven uses. It’s not clear that the cells involved are even stem cells".

Dental stem cell banking makes 'outrageous' claims in UK, practice is widespread in US ipscell.com/2025/09/dent... #stemcells #stemcell are cells inside teeth really useful to treat disease?

Regulators in Europe have issued new statements backing the safety of Tylenol use in pregnancy, effectively repudiating claims from the Trump administration that the medicine can cause autism in children. www.statnews.com/2025/09/23/t...

If you read one story about the autism announcement, make it @amymaxmen.bsky.social's. One detail that others miss: "Fevers can harm the mother and the developing fetus, she said, adding that fevers are more strongly associated with autism than Tylenol." kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

ICYMI: Perspectives 10 years after STAP cells: the culture of science, misconduct, & hopes for progress ipscell.com/2024/01/pers... #stemcells #stemcell

This Wednesday at #FragileNucleosome seminar, we are excited to host Ali Wilkening and @schvartzman.bsky.social to tell us about amazing work they are doing! Register here for upcoming session and the entire series: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Weekly reads: NuVida gets FDA warning -- another in the perinatal space, Dutch stem cell clinic doc banned, and some more upbeat stem cell news ipscell.com/2025/09/week... #stemcells #stemcell

www.axios.com/2025/09/20/t... New H-1B visa fee will not apply to existing holders, official says

So, cool for state actors to push lies, but no jokes about prez! "Through free speech, the US will counter genuine malign propaganda from adversaries that threaten our national security...." US halts ‘all frameworks’ to counter foreign misinformation thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Hiking & birding up in Yosemite. Despite the smoke, saw 3 lifers. Williamson sapsucker, White-headed woodpecker and a flock of Band-tailed pigeons. The Williamson was so cool! Smoke not so much.

RFK Jr. and other GOP leaders want to limit vaccine access. Will this hurt them in special elections this fall in AZ, OH, TX, TN, FL, as well as state-level elections in VA? And the midterms? 4 out of 5 Americans support vaccine requirements, includign 2/3 of Republican www.axios.com/2025/09/15/r...

Never imagined I’d be a Barbie doll! Thankful to Mattel/Barbie for their Inspiring Women series, and to my NASA colleagues whose teamwork continues to inspire people.

Weekend #regenerative & #stemcell reads: bipartisan science, new Cathy Tie video on #CRISPR baby goal to prevent genetic diseases, waking hair follicles, update on Prasad at FDA ipscell.com/2025/09/week...

UC Berkeley shares information on dozens of students, staff with Trump administration reut.rs/4mU8UNM

Politics squashing science -> NIH fetal tissue research ban unfolding; hESC work next? ipscell.com/2025/09/nih-... #stemcells #stemcell

Politics squashing science -> NIH fetal tissue research ban unfolding; hESC work next? ipscell.com/2025/09/nih-... #stemcells #stemcell

Yep. I have one colleague who got an NOA for all 4 years of a requested proposal, but meanwhile... bsky.app/profile/jeff...

Woman dies after unproven regenerative medicine (adipose "stem cells") at clinic in Japan ipscell.com/2025/09/woma... both US and Japanese oversight systems are discussed and need improvement #stemcells #stemcell

So... I did some analysis of grants that did receive noncompetitive renewals. In particular, I looked a those award where the title of the grant changed. Warning: The results are just what I expected, but oooph... 1/4

Vinay Prasad, who is making it harder to get the Covid vax, barely comes into the office: there's nothing wrong with working at home, but it's ironic - and he's getting special treatment while other workers cannot . www.motherjones.com/politics/202... via @motherjones.com @juliametraux.bsky.social

2 FDA warnings to perinatal firms including Platinum Biologics paradoxically provide hope ipscell.com/2025/09/2-fd... #stemcells #stemcell

Valley Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa sonorina) covered in pollen on a passionflower. It's been a great year for passionfruit

this is RFK Jr.’s hand-selected deputy. he is also now acting director of the CDC. he has no scientific, medical, or public health training

2 FDA warnings to perinatal firms including Platinum Biologics paradoxically provide hope ipscell.com/2025/09/2-fd... #stemcells #stemcell

Good.

ICYMI: Explainer on 293 or HEK cells and their use in COVID vaccine research ipscell.com/2021/12/293-...

What Trump's Secret Police did today.

I will work with any Republicans willing to put science and facts over politics and ideology to push out RFK Jr. That man is a serious threat to public health and American lives. It's never too late to do the right thing. Join me in calling for RFK Jr. to be fired immediately.

Weekend #stemcell & regenerative reads: immunosuppression & brain cell therapies including for Parkinson's, big pharma sucking up to Trump, NK cells ipscell.com/2025/09/week... #stemcells

[Washington, DC, residents protest against Trump's troop deployment to the city | Reuters] “More than 2,000 troops, including from six Republican-led states, are patrolling the city. It is unclear when their mission will end.“ www.reuters.com/world/us/was...

What are senolytics? Can targeting senescent cells really reverse aging? Aren't some of those cells needed? Drugs, activator, supplements, risks ipscell.com/2022/10/what... #aging #stemcells #stemcell

Judge rightly calls out BS

[Trump unlawfully cancelled $2.2bn in Harvard research grants, judge rules | Trump administration | The Guardian] “Decision marks major victory for school after White House accused it of not addressing harassment of Jewish students“ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Reduced Screening May Have Led to Rise in Advanced Prostate Cancer Diagnoses www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/h...

Excellent questions. You wonder about the conditions under which breeding animals are kept given ViaGen's USDA licensed facility is 3100sq ft www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/...

Deja ewe: expansive animal cloning raises some difficult questions ipscell.com/2025/09/deja... #stemcells #stemcell like what happens to surrogates, unsuccessful clones, & more

ICYMI: Weekend recommended #stemcell & regenerative reads: cool chemical reprogramming, fat precursors, HSCs, more ipscell.com/2025/08/week... #stemcells #stemcell

This kind of corruption is as brazen as it gets. Trump is easily the most corrupt President in our country's history.   Yet Republicans in Congress are not lifting a single finger to exercise basic oversight. Shameless complicity.

Weekend recommended #stemcell & regenerative reads: chemical reprogramming, fat precursors, HSCs, more ipscell.com/2025/08/week... #stemcells #stemcell

All governors should be ensuring #COVID19 vaccines remain available at no-cost for everyone in their states. Not doing so is negligence. #SARSCoV2 #VaccinesSaveLives #CDC

What is the stem cell treat HSCT & its possible roles in MS treatment? ipscell.com/2022/09/what... #stemcells #stemcell multiple sclerosis