Jeanne Loring
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Jeanne Loring
@jfloring.bsky.social

Stem cell scientist

Jeanne Frances Loring is an American stem cell biologist, developmental neurobiologist, and geneticist. She is the founding Director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine and emeritus professor at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. She has founded two biotechnology companies, Arcos BioScience (1999) and Aspen Neuroscience (2018) .. more

Biology 76%
Medicine 8%
Pinned

For the first time in a year I woke wanting to watch the news.

🖐️

As the FDA and NIH eschew animal testing, startup raises $40 million for lab-grown organs www.statnews.com/2025/05/29/a... via @statnews.com
As the FDA and NIH eschew animal testing, startup raises $40 million for lab-grown organs
A startup seeking to replace animal testing with a sophisticated high-tech platform has raised $40 million to develop lab-grown organs.
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Another Starship flight failed. Each rocket launch costs about $90 million. Estimated $540 million of our taxes literally up in smoke. Does RFK know this? Is he happy with $540 million spent on a dream to go to Mars, while here on the ground, medical research is being gutted?

What it’s like to have measles, mumps, whooping cough, and other vaccine-preventable illnesses www.statnews.com/2025/05/10/w... via @statnews.com
What it’s like to have measles, mumps, whooping cough, and other vaccine-preventable illnesses
STAT readers share what it's link to have measles, mumps, whooping cough, and other vaccine-preventable illnesses. Some stories are from decades past — others are quite recent.
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Wanna be scientists.

Scientists can dream and imagine and discover. And cheat. AI can’t judge whether a published paper is rigorous or contains made-up data.

A colleague told me last week that she and her husband left China to come to the US to escape the cultural revolution. She feels like it’s happening again.

The scar is from the smallpox vaccination. I have one too. The measles vaccine was first available in 1963.

San Diego

Dentists must have been running out of customers. A shame because kids in Utah have beautiful teeth.

Peter is honorable, which meant that he could not bow to pressure to abandon evidence-based medicine. He is an extraordinary communicator, and I hope that he will continue to speak the truth. And I hope that he can wait this out and come to our rescue when we will need him desperately.

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A huge loss at FDA.
Peter Marks originated rhe Operation Warp Speed Covid vaccine idea and has overseen so many essential biotech programs such as genome editing cures www.wsj.com/politics/top...
Exclusive | Top Vaccine Official Out at FDA
In his resignation letter, Dr. Peter Marks cited ‘misinformation and lies’ from Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr.
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The mice are transgenic, not transgender!

Sucks.

Will they stop when the total reaches the amount that Musk gets each year from our taxes- $3.7 billion?

Clueless. Cruel. If they want to save money, stop paying Musk 8 billion a year for his rockets and satellites.

$8 billion a year in government contracts, right? If he reduced that to $4 billion, all the other cost-cutting could stop.

Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern www.statnews.com/2025/01/22/t... via @statnews.com
Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern
A flurry of scientific gatherings and panels across federal science agencies were canceled on Wednesday, at a time of heightened sensitivity about how the
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What if it had been a republican?

“Walking pneumonia” here. My cat nurse, Lily, won’t let me out of her sight.

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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget

Ick- couldn’t pay me enough.

A convicted grifter and yes, a rapist, by definition.

It’s so nice not to get sick as much as we used to in the winter. I’m so glad that wearing a mask is not unusual these days.

Learn about Aspen Neuroscience's clinical trial using autologous dopamine neuron replacement therapy for Parkinson's disease.
CEO Damien McDevitt will be speaking at Summit for Stem Cell Foundation's December webinar. Free registration here:
register.gotowebinar.com/register/317...
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Trigger a MAGA:

Zelensky is four times the man Trump ever could dream to be

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Bluesky, looking for a home for an adorable bonded brother and sister born in the same litter in Northern VA. Kitties are 16 MO and need a loving home. These are 2 super affectionate and adorable furballs. Help me amplify this message to find these little ones a home this holiday season.

One just strolled through my yard.

No. Wisdom is valuable and can’t be taught - saves the young folks from making the same mistakes we’ve already learned from.