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As you can imagine, here at NDPL induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) excite us for many reasons. If iPS cells fascinate you as well, you’ve likely come across Paul Knoepfler’s name.  Perhaps you saw his TED Talk, or picked up his …

Along with researchers at Stanford University, stem cell researcher Neil Segil and his laboratory at USC are also investigating ways of addressing hearing loss with stem cells —specifically, by regenerating the very specialized inner ear cells from skin stem cells, and …

Today is National Save Your Hearing Day! What’s that? (cupping ear) That’s right, today is National Save Your Hearing Day. Each May 31st, people around the country take time to educate others and learn about ways to protect our precious …

What an impressive turnout for The March for Science On Earth Day, this last Saturday. What next? We’re smack dab in the middle of The Week of Action, and there’s lots that can be done. But first, let’s take a quick look …

March For Science Besides celebrating Earth Day, millions of people around the world will join the March For Science on March 22nd. Locally, there are stationary marches planned in Boston, Providence, Worcester, Amherst, and other locations. Needless to say, our scientists, …

Groundbreaking Transplant Unfortunately we’ve all seen the news recently of what can go wrong when unregulated stem cell clinics perform non-FDA approved stem cell injections on people. Thankfully, in the same issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, we learned that …