Listen to show #79 here!RegenMedToday_079_Feb2010.mp3 [11.0MB 00:28:22 80kbps]
Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Johnny Huard, PhD. Dr. Huard is the Henry J. Mankin Endowed Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery Research, the director of the Stem Cell Research Center, and the deputy director for cellular therapy at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Dr. Huard discusses adult stem [...]
Listen to show #77 here!RegMedToday_77_Dec2009.mp3 [11.0MB 00:28:22 80kbps]
Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Burhan Gharaibeh, PhD. Dr. Gharaibeh is a Research Assistant Professor at the Stem Cell Research Center in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Gharaibeh discusses muscle derived stem cells and how to use these stem cells to regenerate and repair injured [...]
Listen to show #78 here!RegenMedToday_078_Jan2010.mp3 [11.0MB 00:28:22 80kbps]
Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Thomas W. Gilbert, PhD. Dr. Gilbert is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Surgery and Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh. His research interest are focused on the remodeling of biologic scaffolds for tissue-engineering based treatments, particularly relating to role of mechanical loading [...]
Listen to show #77 here!RegMedToday_77_Dec2009.mp3 [11.0MB 00:28:22 80kbps]
Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Burhan Gharaibeh, PhD. Dr. Gharaibeh is a Research Assistant Professor at the Stem Cell Research Center in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Gharaibeh discusses muscle derived stem cells and how to use these stem cells to regenerate and repair injured [...]
Listen to show #76 here!RegMedToday_76_Nov2009.mp3 [11.0MB 00:28:22 80kbps]
Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Ellen Gawalt, PhD. Dr. Gawalt is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Duquesne University. She is also the Chair of the Graduate Admissions and Recruitment and a member of the NSF-REU Advisory Board. Dr. Gawalt discusses her research in [...]
Listen to show #75 here!RegMedToday_75_Nov2009.mp3 [11.0MB 00:28:22 80kbps]
Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Lorenzo Soletti, PhD. Dr. Soletti is the Director of Technology Development at Neograft Technologies, Inc. Dr. Soletti discusses technologies currently used in treating cardiovascular disease as well as a new technology called Angioshield that he and his colleagues at Neograft Technologies are developing.
For more [...]
As Late, Late Show host, Craig Ferguson, says…”It’s a great day for America. ‘Why is it a great day for America,’ you ask? Well, let me tell you”.
The US House of Representatives has passed what promises to be (if approved by the Senate) the largest single budget increase for the FDA in the [...]
I apologize for the quality of this image but hopefully its just clear enough for you to make out this week’s Genetic Engineering News poll. If you’re reading this in realtime you will see on GEN’s homepage.
In case you can’t read it, the poll is this:
“Which type of stem cells will be the [...]
Let’s get the public services announcement out of the way right up front.
CellTherapy 2010. Save the date. Submit your session ideas. www.celltherapy2010.com
While you’re planning your calendar, plan on the 2009 World Stem Cell Summit September 21-23, 2009. Baltimore Convention Center Baltiomore, Maryland. (the 2008 World Stem Cell Summit webcast and downloadable World Stem Cell [...]
Last week I mentioned the Regenerative Medicine Foundation and the conference they have announced for Spring 2010. I promised to find out more and bring you what I learned.
I’ve discovered that the driver behind the RMF is Anthony Atala and Case Western. It is a 501(c)(3) charity, non-profit organization. It was formed [...]
I don’t have much time to give you an extensive blog about the issue but I did want to bring this to your attention. Here’s the nutshell.
The NIH’s SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research Program) funding mechanism has been an important one for small businesses who are not big/mature/saavy/desperate-enough to land venture capital funding, have [...]
“Autologous manufacturing is not the deal breaker it used to be. If these [cell-based] vaccines work for really difficult-to-treat diseases, the manufacturing issues will be worked out.” Howard Liang, MBA, Ph.D., Analyst and Biotechnology Managing Direct at Leerink Swan. “Special Report: Customized Cancer Vaccines Finally (Maybe) Arrive“. GEN News Highlights. [...]
I’m always skeptical of companies or products or technologies that depend on a ‘paradigm-shift’ or ’sea-change’ in the long-entrenched habits of people before they will be widely adopted and/or successful.
It’s why, for example alternative fuel autos might succeed in the U.S. where public transit has not – because they don’t require as big a [...]
…this is a continuation of Part I…
So are Personalized Medicines the Long Tail of the Therapeutics Industry?
In 2006, Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of Wired magazine, released “The Long Tail” – a book describing the Web 2.0-induced business-to-consumer economics (r)evolution enabling businesses to now deliver product at outrageously affordable prices to global micro-markets.[i] The book quickly became [...]
This week I’m ROTFLMAO loving this cartoon so I thought I’d share the chuckles (thanks to www.onstartups.com). I can’t tell you how many times in the past years I’ve seen the inevitable ‘hockey stick’ market projections graph from companies, analysts, and investors when discussing the coming 5 years in the cell therapy sector. [...]
Listen to show #69 here!RegenMedToday_069_June2009.mp3 [16.0MB 00:28:22 80kbps]
Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Marie Csete, MD, PhD. Dr. Csete is the Chief Scientific Officer at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Dr. Csete discusses the origin of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine as well as what she sees as the future of regenerative medicine and stem [...]
Listen to show #70 here!RegenMedToday_070_July2009.mp3 [16.0MB 00:28:22 80kbps]
Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes back Robert Kormos, MD. Dr. Kormos is Director of the Artificial Heart Program, and Co-Director of Heart Transplantation at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. With Dr. Kormos is a former patient, Erika Haas. They discuss Erika?s experience with Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) and [...]
Listen to show #71 here!RegenMedToday_071_July2009.mp3 [16.0MB 00:28:22 80kbps]
Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Mr. Patrick Cantini. Mr. Cantini is the Director of Scientific Collaborations at the McGowan Institute?s Center for Industry Relations. Mr. Cantini discusses the importance and the process of establishing partnerships between the McGowan Institute and commercial enterprises and how this aids the transition from [...]
Listen to show #72 here!RegMedToday_072_August2009.mp3 [16.0MB 00:28:22 80kbps]
Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Dr. Bryan Tillman. Dr. Tillman is an assistant professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medicine Center as well as a practicing clinician. Dr. Tillman discusses the applications of tissue engineering to construct replacement vessels for patients with peripheral [...]
Listen to show #73 here!RegMedToday_073_August2009.mp3 [16.0MB 00:28:22 80kbps]
Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Major General Gale Pollock. Major General Pollock is the executive director of the Louis J. Fox Center for Vision Restoration, a division of the UPMC eye center. Major General Pollock returns to Regenerative Medicine Today with Corporal Mike Jernigan, a medically retired marine who [...]