Stem Cell Biology (CELLS MAKING CELLS) with “Science Sam” aka Dr. Samantha Yammine
Image description: Dr. Samantha Yammine wears a white labcoat and purple nitrile gloves, seated at a microscope. She is smiling to camera and the Ologies logo appears in the upper left.
How do our bodies build our bodies? What does a stem cell look like? How do they know what to do? What diseases could stem cells cure? And why is Canada such a hot place for research? Dr. Samantha Yammine – known by many as Science Sam – is a stem cell biologist and science communicator who takes us back to the discovery of stem cells, chats ethical questions, spotting scams, cloning, gene-edited babies, helping your body heal faster and what advancements are being made, albeit by slowly growing in a dish.
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Donations went to A Closer Look at Stem Cells and The Marsha P. Johnson Institute
Links to things we discussed:
Kind review from art teacher & nature lover, The Curious Hound
What is a stem cell? Narrated by Dr. Jim Till himself
James Till and Ernest McCulloch: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Discoverers
Tales from the crypt: new insights into intestinal stem cells
Are new neurons formed in the brains of adult mammals? – 1962 Dr. Joseph Altman paper
Fred “Rusty” Gage of the Salk Institute
Andrew John Becker Helped Identify Stem Cells
“Ship of Theseus” film trailer
“Aranzio's Seahorse and the Search for Memory and Consciousness”
Sir John B Gurdon Nobel lecture Lund University 14 December 2012
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPS)
2005 study: Endogenous growth factors as cosmeceuticals
Dr. Richard Fitzpatrick obituary
Molecular mechanisms of exercise contributing to tissue regeneration
Reversal of photodamage with topical growth factors: a pilot study
Skin: the first tissue-engineered products
In a First, Surgeons Attached a Pig Kidney to a Human, and It Worked
Novel insights into the link between fetal cell microchimerism and maternal cancers
Generation of Artificial Gamete and Embryo From Stem Cells in Reproductive Medicine
Using stem cell-derived gametes for same-sex reproduction: an alternative scenario
Derrick Rutledge looks amazing
The late Dr. Richard Fitzpatrick’s CV
Advanced Tissue Woes a Blow to Industry
Endogenous Growth Factors as Cosmeceuticals
Reversal of photodamage with topical growth factors: a pilot study
Myths and Misconceptions About Stem Cell Research
2018 article: Chinese researcher claims first gene-edited babies
Dr. Emily Ackerman’s thread on eugenics and gene editing
Cadaveric Stem Cells: Their Research Potential and Limitations
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Genicular Traumatology (BAD KNEES)
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Editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions, Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media and Mark David Christenson
Transcripts by Emily White of The Wordary
Website by Kelly R. Dwyer
Theme song by Nick Thorburn