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Jeanne Loring

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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

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Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · May 30

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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Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · May 28

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?

Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · May 11

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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Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · May 3

Wanna be scientists.

Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · Apr 23

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

Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · Apr 16

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.

Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · Apr 6

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

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Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · Apr 5

San Diego

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Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · Mar 31

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

Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · Mar 29

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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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Mar 29

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.

www.wsj.com

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Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · Mar 6

The mice are transgenic, not transgender!

Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · Feb 27

Sucks.

Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · Feb 20

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

Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · Feb 16

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

Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · Feb 13

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

Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · Jan 23

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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Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · Jan 15

What if it had been a republican?

Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · Dec 20

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

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · Dec 20

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

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Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · Dec 20

Ick- couldn’t pay me enough.

Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · Dec 20

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

Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · Dec 20

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.

Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · Dec 11

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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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · Nov 29

Trigger a MAGA:

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

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Saffron & Her Majestic Floof @saffronsfloof.bsky.social · Nov 29

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.

Long-haired tan and black tabby cat perched on a blue ledge of a cat tree.

Long-haired, gray and black tabby, cat standing and looking straight at the camera from the inside of a cubby. There’s a gray blanket on the ground.

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Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · Nov 27

One just strolled through my yard.

Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · Nov 23

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

Jeanne Loring @jfloring.bsky.social · Nov 23

Ginger for infrastructure.