Using Human Kidney Organoids to Model Disease
Article reproducedA here from theA UBC Centre for Blood Research.A There is an urgent need for curative therapies to treat kidney failure. In 2015, over... Read More
Bringing Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Culture to the Masses
A major collaborative effort that brought together researchers from the Institutes for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) and Frontier Medical Sciences in Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan),... Read More
A look into the exciting new world of 3D bioprinting: an interview with Aspect Biosystems’ CSO Dr. Sam Wadsworth
“3D bioprinting” sounds like something you would see in a science fiction movie, perhaps in “The Fifth Element” where the main character’s body is fully... Read More
A Conversation With Peter Zandstra,A PhD, FRSC(E)
A Conversation With Peter Zandstra,A PhD, FRSC(E) Peter Zandstra is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering, the Chief Technology Officer of ExCellThera, and the Chief Scientific... Read More
“Patching” the Primate Spinal Cord With Human Neural Stem Cells
An interdisciplinary team made of neuroscientists, neurologists, and neurosurgeons, led by Dr. Mark Tuzynski at the University of California – San Diego (UCSD, San Diego,... Read More
Fibrin hydrogels induce mixed dorsal/ventral spinal neuron identities during differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells.
Edgar, J., Robinson, M., and Willerth, S.M. Acta Biomaterialia. 2017 Mar 15;51:237-245.A View abstract.A
BCRegMed website launches!
We are please to have launched theA BCRegMed website. We would love to hear any feedback in regards to any content ideas. Feel free to... Read More
CCA Releases New Workshop Report on Regenerative Medicine
On behalf of the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA), I am pleased to announce the release of a new workshop report, Building on Canada’s Strengths... Read More
Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Leaders Join Forces to Advance Canadaa s Position in the Field
(March 9, 2017) Montreal – Stem cell science belongs to Canada and it is powering regenerative medicine. Today, leaders from across this emerging sector have... Read More
SAVE THE DATE – Biomedical Technology-Industry Partnership Day
Friday, November 3 10:30 a 5:30. Biomedical engineering and related disciplines at the University of Victoria generate strong connections between university research and local business.... Read More