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True synthetic blood is coming, but it won’t be packaged like this. We’ve all heard the idiom “it’s in my blood”. For me, this applies to hockey and rock climbing. And a quick survey of my class suggests that everything from Southern BBQ sauce and ice cream to tea and motorcycle fluid (yikes!) runs...Read more
Migliaccio A., Whitsett C., Papayannopoulou T. & Sadelain M. (2012). The Potential of Stem Cells as an In Vitro Source of Red Blood Cells for Transfusion, Cell Stem Cell, 10 (2) 115-119. DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2012.01.001
Migliaccio A.R., Whitsett C. & Migliaccio G. (2009). Erythroid cells in vitro: from developmental biology to blood transfusion products, Current Opinion in Hematology, 16 (4) 259-268. DOI: 10.1097/MOH.0b013e32832bcaa2
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. Kudos to ISSCR for pulling off what I think is the best annual conference to date (or at least in the last six years, which is how long I’ve been attending). Sure, you could say that the record attendance (over 4,100) is a marker of success, but it’s much more than a numbers game...Read more
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. Did the coffee lineup seem a little longer on Friday? Was it because it’s day 3 and our minds are getting tired from the great science and late nights (dancing, anyone)? Here’s a snapshot of what happened in the plenary sessions, the poster hall and elsewhere around the conference, as we saw it and...Read more
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. Shortly after I started my PhD in 2009, Time magazine profiled a Harvard Stem Cell Institute researcher, Doug Melton, who dedicated his research program to understanding the development and biology of pancreatic beta cells following the diagnosis of his children with type I diabetes. Over the years, I have followed Melton’s progress towards creating...Read more
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. The sheer scale of ISSCR 2013, which has attracted almost four thousand delegates, and the proficiency with which it is run, is a major achievement by its organizer and lead sponsor: the International Society for Stem Cell Research and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute respectively. Although some organizational calamities will have almost certainly occurred,...Read more
