ISTOCK, MARK GILLOW
On his blog, the University of California, Davis’s Paul Knoepfler spoke about the clinical use of induced pluripotent stem cells with field pioneer and Nobel Laureate Shinya Yamanaka. “Stem cells provide unprecedented opportunities in stem cell therapy and drug development,” Yamanaka told Knoepfler. (Read about stem cell therapies for blindness in this month’s BioBusiness story, “Eyes on the Prize.”)