Serendipity and Cell Biology

A review of Biology and clinical use of Mesenchymal stem cell: an immune -modulator progenitor cell

Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs), which also called mesenchymal stromal cells, are multipotent stem cell. Human MSCs typically are positive for the surface markers CD44, CD73, CD90, CD105, CD106, and also negative for hematopoietic markers CD34 and CD45.These cells can be isolated from postnatal bone marrow, adipose tissue, placenta, and scalp tissue, as well as from various fetal tissues. ...

Science and serendipity.

Good science demands independent replication of new ideas and results and abandonment of accepted theories in light of more reliable evidence. Failure to comply leads to damaging bad science, as with the falsely claimed association between measles, mumps and rubella vaccination and autism. Progress of good science also often requires serendipity, 'making discoveries by accident and sagacity of ...

Serendipity and purpose.

As a medical oncologist-researcher, I am often asked ‘How (or why) did you go into cancer?’ and ‘Isn’t it a depressing field?’ The answer to the second question is a resounding ‘no’, and this brief profile charts my path to answer the first question. Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, I am the daughter of two geologists, so ours was a scientific family. From an early age, my brother, sister a...

Serendipity, Generosity, and Inspiration

The discovery of hantaan virus: comparative biology and serendipity in a world at war.

Several excellent reviews document the formal history of hantavirus disease and virology in Asia, Scandinavia, southern Europe, and the Americas [1–5]. I will not rehash or expand on this body of information; rather, I wish to relate personal experiences that played a largely unplanned role in the recovery of the prototype Hantaan virus from nature. I began my career in virology at the laborato...