Contributors

Monya Baker is an editor at Nature Reports Stem Cells, and is editor of Nature’s stem cell blog, The Niche.

Impossible Policy

California Goes Presidential

Eric Chiao is a scientist at Stanford’s Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, and derived its first embryonic stem cell lines.

On the Verge of Something Big

Richard Chin and Lily Lock live in Silicon Valley. They write and blog on Machado Joseph Disease (MJD), also known as Spinocerebellar Ataxia 3 (SCA3).

The Accidental Blogger

Scott Dylla is a senior scientist at Oncomed Pharmaceuticals, a biotech company developing novel therapeutics targeting cancer stem cells.

Fighting Cancer One Battle at a Time

David Jensen is publisher of the California Stem Cell Report, and was formerly the executive business editor of the Sacramento Bee.

Golden Eggs for the Golden State

The $450 Million Answer: NO

Zach Hall is former president of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and now lives under Wyoming’s cerulean skies.

Game Over? No way. (with Susan Solomon)

Jennifer McCormick studies stem cell policy, law, and ethics at Stanford University.

The Costs and Benefits of Patent Challenges

What is an ESCRO?

Mark North lives in Berkeley and writes about philosophy and politics.

To Suffer: Nietzsche’s Natural Selection

Susan Stayn is a Stanford lawyer who has published comparative analyses of state regulatory schemes supporting stem cell research.

Cell Lines, State Lines