Freelance science writer Karen Weintraub discussed her recent piece in the New York Times on stem cells. We talked with her about the contents of her article and what she learned doing the research. We then closed the show with a rant on automatic car window openers.
Dr. Ginger Campbell, host of the brain science podcast, joined the Stem Cell Podcast where we discussed her podcast and different “brainy” topics. We closed the show ranting about the iPhone 6.
In this episode, we welcomed Nobel Prize winning scientist Dr. Harold Varmus. We talked with Dr. Varmus about a range of topics in the realm of biomedical research as a career and the state of NIH funding.