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Ep. 69: “Politics, Parkinson’s and More” Featuring Dr. Raj Kittappa

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Ep 69-Dr Raj KittappaWelcome everyone to Episode 69, “Politics, Parkinson’s and More” Featuring Dr. Raj Kittappa! As always go to stemcellpodcast.com for all of our episodes and to sign up for the newsletter.

The Science Round Up

We begin with the world famous Science Round Up, sponsored by Biotechne and discuss the latest science/stem cell news including:

  • Wine being made 6,300 years ago?
  • Driverless car programming.
  • Why Mito DNA is passed by moms and not dads.
  • In Vivo tracking of blood stem cells.
  • Pituitary cells from stem cells.
  • Retinoid acid to induce mouse spermatocytes.

The interview with Dr. Raj Kittappa on Politics and Parkinson’s Disease

For the interview portion of the show, sponsored by STEMCELL Technologies, we bring on stem cell researcher and politician Dr. Raj Kittappa to discuss his political expertise as well as his latest research endeavors with stem cells and Parkinson’s disease.  After this we close the show with a rant about “UPS TRACKING NUMBERS.” [Read more…]

Ep. 66: “New Parkinson’s Therapy” Featuring Dr. Su-Chun Zhang

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Dr Su-Chun ZhangWelcome aboard everyone to Episode 66, we are back with another informative episode.    As always go to stemcellpodcast.com for all of our episodes and to sign up for the newsletter.

The Science Round Up

We begin with the world famous Science Round Up, sponsored by Biotechne and discuss the latest science/stem cell news including:

  • scientists talk about creating synthetic human genome
  • second skin reduces wrinkles
  • herpes virus put in water to control fish
  • stem cells are dangerously overhyped
  • stem cells to boost corn production
  • more info on how Zika virus affects brain stem cells

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Ep. 38: Cell Transplant Therapy Featuring Dr. Lorenz Studer

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Dr. Lorenz StuderWelcome to another episode of THE Stem Cell Podcast. Thanks everyone for the continued support and be sure to visit stemcellpodcast.com to sign up for our e-newsletter and see all the great resources we have there for everyone.   What a great show we have this week featuring awesome new stem cell news and a great interview with a real stem cell “big fish.”  We start as always with our science round up sponsored by Thermo-Fisher where we discuss some of the most recent science/stem cell news.  Some of the topics discussed on this episode range from approval of a 3 parent gene therapy, stem cells for breast implants, stem cell derived brain cells to repair radiation damage, a rapid HIV test on your iPhone, a detailed bacteria map of NYC, info about tattoos on the ancient iceman, and optogenetics and neurons. Then we bring on world renowned stem cell researcher Dr. Lorenz Studer to talk about his work, latest paper, and progress towards a new therapy for Parkinson’s Disease.  Then all three of us rant about Facebook invites to play games.  Enjoy!

More About Our Guest Dr. Lorenz Studer

Dr. Lorenz Studer is the founding director of the Sloan-Kettering Center for Stem Cell Biology a Member in the Developmental Biology Program and the Department of Neurosurgery and Professor in Neuroscience at Weill-Cornell Graduate School.

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Ep. 36: Disease Model Tools Featuring Dr. David Piper

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Dr. PiperWelcome back for another great episode of the SCP. Be sure to visit www.StemCellPodcast.com and enter your email address in to receive all the show notes and links to all the papers we discuss. We start as always with the science round up brought to you by Thermo Fisher Scientific.   In this episode, we discuss the latest and greatest papers ranging from a repurposed over active bladder medication, what stem cell companies to invest in for 2015, a review of the latest iPSC reprograming methods, a new optogenetics study relating to Parkinson’s disease, the sequencing of the oldest mammals genome, and stem cells from the eye to repair damaged corneas. We then talk to Dr. David Piper about disease model tools. Yosif and I then close the show ranting about Parafilm. Enjoy!

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EP:32 Parkinson’s Cell Therapy Featuring Dr. Malin Parmar

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MalinHappy Thanksgiving everyone and thanks for tuning in to Episode 32: Parkinson’s Cell Therapy Featuring  Dr. Malin Parmar.  Please be sure to go to stemcellpodcast.com and enter your name and email address to win a free SCP t-shirt.  As always we start the show with our science round up sponsored by Thermo-Fisher. We spend 20 minutes going over what’s hot in the literature and talk about topics such as a stem cell cure for bubble boy disease, the discovery of new sub atomic particles, a new role for nail stem cells, stem cells that alleviate seizures, new insights identifying a “homosexual” gene region, and a study showing that looking down at your phone constantly can lead to problems with your neck.  We then bring on Dr. Malin Parmar to talk about her latest paper in Cell Stem Cell regarding Parkinson’s disease.  This paper is very important and made main stream news everywhere.  Yosif and I then end the show with a rant about going over allotted time in presentations.  Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving.

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