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2016-03-21 new articles we read this week

Eye diseases Lin H, Ouyang H, Zhu J, Huang S, Liu Z, Chen S, Cao G, Li G, Signer RA, Xu Y, Chung C, Zhang Y, Lin D, Patel S, Wu F, Cai H, Hou J, Wen C, Jafari M, Liu X, Luo L, Zhu J, Qiu A, Hou R, Chen B, Chen J, Granet […]

2016-03-07 new articles we read this week

Genomics Bintu L, Yong J, Antebi YE, McCue K, Kazuki Y, Uno N, Oshimura M, Elowitz MB. Dynamics of epigenetic regulation at the single-cell level. Science. 2016 Feb 12;351(6274):720-4. doi: 10.1126/science.aab2956. PubMed PMID: 26912859. Commentary: Keung AJ, Khalil AS. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. A unifying model of epigenetic regulation. Science. 2016 Feb 12;351(6274):661-2. doi: 10.1126/science.aaf1647. PubMed PMID: […]

A collection of videos for discussion of ethical and social issues in human embryonic stem cells research

This is a collection of the videos that I used in lab discussion section of the ethical issues in human embryonic stem cells research in the 2014 BIOL36701 Principles Development at Purdue University. 1. An introduction to stem cell – A stem cell story 2. Are embryos persons? 3. A question of balance? 4. How […]

2013-08-18 New articles we read this week

Stem cells Hou P, Li Y, Zhang X, Liu C, Guan J, Li H, Zhao T, Ye J, Yang W, Liu K, Ge J, Xu J, Zhang Q, Zhao Y, Deng H. Pluripotent stem cells induced from mouse somatic cells by small-molecule compounds. Science. 2013 Aug 9;341(6146):651-4. doi: 10.1126/science.1239278. Epub 2013 Jul 18. PubMed PMID: […]

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012

was awarded jointly to Sir John Gurdon and Shinya Yamnaka “for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent” They also won the Lasker Award in 2009.  

A collection of videos for discussion of ethical and social issues in developmental biology – Stem cells: I. Introduction to the topic

Over the years, I have been leading a discussion about the ethical and social issues of stem cells research in my class and have used a few useful videos on various aspects. You may find them useful too. I. Introduction to the topic “A Stem Cell Story” – a great introduction of human embryonic stem […]