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As part of our weekly reads I’m including one of my latest videos in our Stem Cell Channel on YouTube below. This particular video fact-checks stem cell face creams, but I’ve got quite a few more including on stem cell supplements, different kinds of stem cells and more. You might …

Cryogenic electron tomography (cryo-ET) is an imaging technique that allows reconstruction of high-resolution models of protein complexes in their near-native state. In cryo-ET, a sample (e.g. eukaryotic cells grown on an EM grid) is first vitrified, then thinned to the appropriate thickness (100-300 nm) using a Focussed Ion Beam (FIB) …

No pranks, just fun and games this April Fool’s Day on the Addgene blog.  We’ve been mostly working remotely for the last year to give our lab and shipping teams enough space at HQ and for some of us, that means spending more time with our pets. These new “co-workers” …

This week’s featured graphic compares the results of two Freedom House reports on political freedom and Internet freedom, which suggest there’s a link between the two. For more on how Internet freedom is in retreat, read Julian Kamasa’s CSS Analysis in Security Policy here.

In the stem cell world some corporate names end up being very similar with the latest example being several companies with the name “BioLife.” Get a BioLife…name I guess BioLife is a catchy term. You’ve got life and biology in there in one name. Let’s deconstruct what’s going on out …

Valerio De Stefano, * Ilda Durry, * Harry Stylogiannis, * Mathias Wouters * The debates on platform work have come a long way since the early publications in the first part of the last decade. For a long time, many commentators agreed with the words of Judge Vince Chhabria in …

In EM, contrast is generated when electrons interact with the sample. However, most biological material consists of light elements such as carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen, which interact with the electron beam only sparsely. To enhance the contrast of specimens and enable room-temperature EM imaging, contrasting agents are introduced. These react …

I remember seeing a cowboy-type TV show when I was a little kid where a guy pulled into town not slinging guns but selling snake oil. He stood right up on his wagon and started pitching the wonders of what he was selling. He had some buyers pretty quick. Eventually, …

EU Investment Court System The Investment Court System (“ICS”) included in the European Union (“EU”)’s recent investment and trade agreements with Canada, Singapore, Vietnam and Mexico (together, the “EU Agreements”) provides for the creation of a permanent first instance tribunal and an appellate tribunal drawn from a pre-selected roster of …

I managed to escape to do some hiking along the coast so I’m behind on my weekly reading and I’m just getting back here on The Niche. Here are some articles I’m hoping to catch up on in coming days including an interesting overview of stem cells for tooth repair. …