Lisa WillemseToronto team tackling unmet need in cell manufacturing using synthetic biologySensors for cells can reduce guesswork and improve efficiency, offering to speed production of cell therapies for human use.Dec 12, 2019Dec 12, 2019
Lisa WillemseHow the Tasmanian devil inspired one researcher to devise a method to create ‘safe cell’ therapiesA contagious facial cancer that has ravaged Tasmanian devils in southern Australia isn’t the first place one would look to find the key to…Dec 20, 2018Dec 20, 2018
Lisa WillemseOutwitting type 1 diabetesThis article was originally published by Medicine by Design with the title: Medicine by Design teams advance regenerative medicine…Jul 13, 2018Jul 13, 2018
Lisa WillemseinThe ExpressionA short guide to cell therapy manufacturing, part 2Risk and regulationFeb 27, 20181Feb 27, 20181
Lisa WillemseinThe ExpressionA short guide to cell therapy manufacturing, part 1More cell therapies are entering clinical trials with big hopes for approval in the near future. But the manufacturing of these cells is —…Dec 20, 2017Dec 20, 2017
Lisa WillemseinThe ExpressionWhy small science stories are important, tooSome science stories are easy to tell. Think big game, deep space, old bones, new epidemic. They’ve got mystery and drama, incite wonder or…Oct 11, 2017Oct 11, 2017
Lisa WillemseinThe ExpressionThe man who is breathing new hope into the lives of fragile preterm babiesDr. Bernard Thébaud’s research using stem cells as a therapy for chronic lung disease in premature infants is advancing thanks to a new…May 25, 2017May 25, 2017
Lisa WillemseinThe ExpressionThree stories give us a glimpse of the real possibilities for stem cell therapiesStem cell treatments should be incredibly easy. Or rather, that’s what some clinics or products would have you believe. Because, on the…Nov 3, 2016Nov 3, 2016
Lisa WillemseinThe ExpressionHow an encounter with a bulldog lawyer and a rekindled love for discovery is shaping the future of…Dr. Duncan Stewart has spent his career defining ways that clinical medicine and lab research can work together. In his newest role as…Oct 25, 2016Oct 25, 2016
Lisa WillemseinThe ExpressionA non-scientist’s take on the “Noble” stem cell. (Hint: It’s not about the science.)If you strayed into this article with only a scant amount of knowledge of stem cells, the “Noble” cell (misspelling of Nobel is…Aug 25, 2016Aug 25, 2016
