Ep. 17: Naked Stem Cells Featuring Dr. Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists

Guest: In this episode we talk with the creator and host of The Naked Scientists; a website and podcast dedicated to all things science. We talk with Chris about his shows, and get his take on the stem cell field. Resources and Links House Windows That Double As Solar Panels? Shiny Quantum Dots Brighten Future of Solar Cells Is Parkinson's an Autoimmune Disease? KOI-3278: A Self-Lensing Binary Star System Scientists Spot a Planet That Looks Like 'Earth's Cousin' Female ‘Penis’ Found on Brazilian Cave Insects Oh Baby: Scientists Find Protein That Lets Egg and Sperm Hook Up Is 'Sluggish Cognitive Tempo' a New Disorder or an Extension of ADHD? Artificial Blood on an Industrial Scale Mapping Gene Expression in the Fetal Brain Gene Variant Puts Women at Higher Risk of Alzheimer’s Than It Does Men, Study Finds Traces of Trauma in Sperm RNA Lab-Grown Private Parts: Vagina Implants Cure Rare Disorder Gut-Eating Amoeba Caught on Film Gene Therapy Successfully Regenerates an Old Organ Inside a Living Animal Bees Exposed to Fungicide More Vulnerable to Nosema Parasite Obokata Mentor, Co-Author: STAP Cells Just A ‘Hypothesis’ In Stem-Cell Research, Health Benefits Outweigh the Risks Of Copying Humans Human Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Using Adult Cells Conversion of Quiescent Niche Cells to Somatic Stem Cells Causes Ectopic Niche Formation in the Drosophila Testis Auxetic Nuclei in Embryonic Stem Cells Exiting Pluripotency Pathways Disrupted in Human ALS Motor Neurons Identified through Genetic Correction of Mutant SOD1  Multifaceted Regulation of Somatic Cell Reprogramming by mRNA Translational Control Two miRNA Clusters Reveal Alternative Paths in Late-Stage Reprogramming Photo Reference: Courtesy of Dr. Chris Smith - The Naked Scientists Subscribe to our newsletter! Never miss updates about new episodes. Subscribe