Stem Cells and Longevity Breakthroughs

Guest: Dr. Kevin Eggan from Harvard University joins the show to talk about his latest work using stem cells to cure ALS/Lou Gehrig’s disease. Resources and Links Fate of iPSCs Derived from Azoospermic and Fertile Men following Xenotransplantation to Murine Seminiferous Tubules Hope for Aging Brains, Skeletal Muscle Pain Curbs Sex Drive in Female Mice, but Not in Males New Virus Related To Smallpox Is Found in Republic Of Georgia Male Researchers Stress Out Rodents Scripps Florida Scientists Find Connection Between Gene Mutation, Key Symptoms of Autism Soy-Dairy Protein Blend and Whey Protein Ingestion After Resistance Exercise Increases Amino Acid Transport and Transporter Expression in Human Skeletal Muscle Push Comes to Shove: Gilead's $1,000 Pill Could Hurt Insurer Earnings Death Rates From Pancreatic Cancer Predicted to Rise in Europe in 2014 Human CLP1 Mutations Alter tRNA Biogenesis, Affecting Both Peripheral and Central Nervous System Function Y chromosome is Not Disappearing, Researchers Say Loss Of Memory Reversed in Alzheimer's Mice Models MRSA Spreads in Households REDD1 is Essential for Stress-Induced Synaptic Loss and Depressive Behavior Amyloid Precursor Protein Regulates Neurogenesis by Antagonizing Mir-574-5p in the Developing Cerebral Cortex Japanese Nobel Winner Latest to Apologize Over Stem-Cell Research RIKEN to Check 20,000 Papers for Doctored Images and Plagiarism Stem Cells and the "Staircase of Shame" Stem Cells May Be Key to Long Life: Research on Body of 115-Year-Old Woman How Silly Putty May Advance Stem Cell Research First Stem Cells Cloned From Diabetes Patient, Thanks to Egg Donors Human Oocytes Reprogram Adult Somatic Nuclei of a Type 1 Diabetic to Diploid Pluripotent Stem Cells Human Embryonic-Stem-Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes Regenerate Non-Human Primate Hearts Infertility: Stem Cell-Based Sperm Created From Infertile Mens Skin Reprogramming Committed Murine Blood Cells to Induced Hematopoietic Stem Cells with Defined Factors A 3D Sphere Culture System Containing Functional Polymers for Large-Scale Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Production 3D In Vitro Model of a Functional Epidermal Permeability Barrier from Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Photo Reference: Courtesy of Dr. Kevin Eggan Subscribe to our newsletter! Never miss updates about new episodes. Subscribe