Ep. 16: Stem Cell Scientist in Washington?

Guest:

In this episode we bring on Dr. Raja Kittappa, a stem cell scientist who has recently decided to leave science and run for congress.

Resources and Links

Brain Activation during Human Male Ejaculation

Experimental Cancer Drug Reverses Schizophrenia in Adolescent Mice

First Synthetic Yeast Chromosome Revealed

Party Drug Ketamine Could Help People with Severe Depression

Experimental Compound FRAX486 Reverses Signs of Fragile X In Mice

Researchers Identify Good Bacteria That Protects against HIV

MIT Researchers Develop Living Material Using E. coli

Disorganized Cortical Patches Suggest Prenatal Origin of Autism

Blood Test of 4 Biomarkers Predicts Death within 5 Years

Gene Family Linked To Brain Evolution Implicated in Severity of Autism Symptoms

HPV-Linked Throat Cancer May Have Telltale First Symptoms

Mugshots Built from DNA Data

Genetic Factor Contributes to Forgetfulness

Study: Climate Change Accelerates Greenland Ice Loss

Gene Editing of CCR5 in Autologous CD4 T Cells of Persons Infected with HIV

Human Nose Can Detect More Than 1 Trillion Smells, Scientists Discover

Scientists Find Gene Which Is Linked to Exceptionally Low IQ in Children

Stem Cell Scientist Guilty of Falsifying Data

Ancient Virus DNA Gives Stem Cells the Power to Transform

Modeling ALS with iPSCs Reveals that Mutant SOD1 Misregulates Neurofilament Balance in Motor Neurons

Intrinsic Membrane Hyperexcitability of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patient-Derived Motor Neurons

Telomerase Protects Werner Syndrome Lineage-Specific Stem Cells from Premature Aging

Mouse SCNT ESCs Have Lower Somatic Mutation Load Than Syngeneic iPSCs

Dynamics of HSPC Repopulation in Nonhuman Primates Revealed by a Decade-Long Clonal-Tracking Study

Combined Hydrogels That Switch Human Pluripotent Stem Cells From Self-Renewal to Differentiation

Mutations in USP9X Are Associated with X-Linked Intellectual Disability and Disrupt Neuronal Cell Migration and Growth

Photo Reference: Courtesy of Dr. Raja Kittappa

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