http://www.marsdd.com/blog/2008/07/04/top-stem-cell-scientist-yamanaka-chooses-ontario/ The blog about innovation and commercialization in Canada Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:27:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.marsdd.com/blog/2008/07/04/top-stem-cell-scientist-yamanaka-chooses-ontario/comment-page-1/#comment-55355 Wayengera, Misaki Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:27:57 +0000 http://blog.marsdd.com/2008/07/04/top-stem-cell-scientist-yamanaka-chooses-ontario/#comment-55355 It is amazing how the field of Regenerative Medicine (RM) is slowly but surely evolving from the ideation it was yesterday to a reality-today. Personally, I view Dr.Yamanaka's IPS as not only the biggest breakthrough in stem cell research-which literally speaking forms the basis for manufacturing cells, tissues and organs to be used in RM, but a necessary step that overcame the many ethical controversies which surrounded and amost suffocated this area of medical research. As an African graduate of the Bioentrepreneurship program at MaRS - now working within the sub-Saharan setting, I am continually disheartened by the disinterest of people here in these new field of Medical Research. It serves but to leave me pondering: is Africa short of visionary leadership? It is, no doubt, these new frontiers of science that offer unique opportunity to finding cures to diseases such as HIV so prevalent here-I am talking Immune replacement and reconstitution. I would especially be glad if the field of Infectious diseases harnessed Yamanaka's IPS. Could Dr Yamanaka and the Stem cell research team at UHN consider a helping hand! It is amazing how the field of Regenerative Medicine (RM) is slowly but surely evolving from the ideation it was yesterday to a reality-today. Personally, I view Dr.Yamanaka’s IPS as not only the biggest breakthrough in stem cell research-which literally speaking forms the basis for manufacturing cells, tissues and organs to be used in RM, but a necessary step that overcame the many ethical controversies which surrounded and amost suffocated this area of medical research. As an African graduate of the Bioentrepreneurship program at MaRS – now working within the sub-Saharan setting, I am continually disheartened by the disinterest of people here in these new field of Medical Research. It serves but to leave me pondering: is Africa short of visionary leadership? It is, no doubt, these new frontiers of science that offer unique opportunity to finding cures to diseases such as HIV so prevalent here-I am talking Immune replacement and reconstitution. I would especially be glad if the field of Infectious diseases harnessed Yamanaka’s IPS. Could Dr Yamanaka and the Stem cell research team at UHN consider a helping hand!

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