The Stem Cell Podcast

Guest: Dr. Jeanne Loring is a Co-Founder of Aspen Neuroscience and Professor Emeritus at Scripps Research. She talks about generating gametes from the functionally extinct northern white rhinoceros, Aspen’s early days and its recent clinical trial results for Parkinson’s cell therapy, and sending her own stem cells into space. She also discusses the need for genetic variation in iPSC lines. (46:23) Featured Products and Resources: Help shape the future of the stem cell podcast by completing this ten-minute survey. Explore STEMCELL Technologies’ collection of technical videos and webinars on neurological disease modeling. The Stem Cell Science Round Up Lack of Evidence for Transitional Cerebellar Progenitors – New analysis of single-cell RNA sequencing refutes the existence of transitional cerebellar progenitor cells. (1:50) Organoid Vascularization – Vascularized organoids resemble human fetal lung and intestine features. (17:05) Metabolic Profiling of HSPCs – Researcher