The Panama College of Cell Science offers a well regarded online biology PhD in stem cell biology. Still the only online stem cell biology doctoral program in the world, we have been operating over 15 years. Our biology PhD degree is equivalent to a regionally accredited US college or university.
And our online biology PhD is far superior to any lab based PhD program at a traditional university. And here is why:
(1) Superior Range of Courses: First of all, the online biology PhD from Panama College of Cell Science is just plain better than anyone else’s. Look at our Curriculum. You won’t find these kinds of courses anywhere else:
Fundamentals of Stem Cell Biology
Stem Cells (Embryonic)
Stem Cells (Adult and Fetal)
Stem Cell Laboratory Protocols
Disease Treatment with Autologous Stem Cells
Fetal and Embryonic Stem Cell Treatment
Growth Media, Growth Factors, and the Paired Mice Experiment
Mixed Cell Regenerative Medicine
Practical Lab
Commercial Sources Supporting Stem Cell Science
So, this is what the best Ph.D. program in biology looks like.
(2) Superior Laboratory Training Via Video. The stem cell biology Ph.D. degree from the Panama College of Cell Science has superior laboratory training in the very latest procedures and equipment in use today. Our online PhD biology program includes step by step videos to train you in the very latest stem cell biology techniques. In a lab based PhD biology program, you will never find the latest methodologies because you, as a graduate student, will be required to follow whatever your supervising scientist is studying, likely a very narrow research interest indeed.
Here are some sample videos used for instruction by the Panama College of Cell Science, the likes of which you will not find in ANY lab based biology program:
Video #1, Demonstrating how to harvest and process PRP, the platelet-rich plasma in popular use in the US is shown above.
Video #2, Demonstrating how to colect and process the SVF fraction (Stromal Vascular Fraction containing stem cells and other stimulating and activating factors):
(3) After graduation, you will learn on the job, wherever you land. What this means is that no matter how many hours you spent in your lab-based biology graduate program doing bench work somewhere else, you are NEVER going to come across that equipment and lab procedure again. You will be using altogether new equipment and procedures. Rather than training you in some very narrow aspect of research using some very narrow range of equipment and protocols, the Panama College of Cell Science gives you a broad breadth of knowledge in many aspects of stem cell science. When you graduate with a Ph.D. from the Panama College of Cell Science, you will own a wide array of useful knowledge of equipment and protocols that will enable you to walk into ANY stem cell lab and be productive!
(4) New Avant-garde Courses Only Available at Panama College of Cell Science. Take a look a a few excerpts from the Panama College of Cell Science Course Handbook. Even a cursory examination will display how our online PhD program in stem cell biology dominates the field of education in stem cell science at the doctoral level:
Course #621: PCCS Blood – Components, Separation, Labeling, and Cell Culture: Because of the importance of blood to the study and use of adult hematopoietic stem cells and mesenchymal stem cells in therapy, this course focuses on the component cells found in blood, isolation and separation of stem cells, cell labeling, and the cell culture of stem cells found in the blood
Course #624: PCCS Immunology – The physical, chemical, and physiological characteristics of the human immune system, in vitro, in situ, and in vivo. Humoral and cellular immune response, autoimmune disease, hypersensitivities, immune difficiency, and transplant rejection. Also covered is the immunology of fetal stem cells and fetal cell transplantation, the immunology aspects of autologous stem cell transplantation, and embryonic stem cell transplantation.
Course #630: PCCS Fundamentals of Stem Cell Biology – The course covers fundamental properties of human stem cells, and their differentiation into specialized cell types. The course presents an overview of embryonic stem cells isolated from the developing mass of blastocytes, as well as adult stem cells and progenitor cells. Overview of bone marrow and umbilical cord blood sources, and creation and characterization of cloned cell lines. Self-renewal mechanisms, cell potency and potency definitions are also covered.
Course #632: PCCS Stem Cells (Embryonic) – The course looks at the isolation of human embryonic stem cells, cell culturing techniques, characteristics, development into the 3 primary germ layers, embryonic stem cell lines, difficulties of control, cell surface antigens and immunological considerations.
Course #634: PCCS Stem Cells (Adult and Fetal) – Tissue sources of human adult stem cells and fetal stem cells. Pluripotent vs multipotent cell types, and advantages in human treatment using multipotent stem cells. Comparison of autograft rejection to embryonic stem cell transplant. Characteristics of stem cell wall antigenic determinants. The development of antigenic determinants in umbilical cord blood and fetal tissue. Amniotic stem cells. A review of techniques for inducing pluripotent stem cells, and significance of the procedure.
Course #636: PCCS Stem Cell Laboratory Protocols – The course covers techniques for isolating, collecting, and culturing human stem cells. The goal of the course is to introduce the student to laboratory procedures and particularly the media used for growing stem cells, particularly culturing embryonic stem cells in vitro. Videos will be used to illustrate various laboratory techniques.
Course #638: PCCS Human Regenerative Biology – This course focuses on various methodologies relating to the repair and replacement of bodily tissues and organs. The two terms “regenerative biology” and “tissue engineering” are closely intertwined and are sometimes used interchangeably. Regenerative biology leans more toward techniques of using the bodies own repair mechanisms, such as stem cells, or hormones, to regenerate lost capability; tissue engineering relates more to creating artificial replacements for tissues and organs through the combination of biological processes with artificial bio-friendly materials. Since most of our program deals with stem cells in regenerative medicine, we will use this course to illustrate other aspects of regenerative biology and tissue engineering as well.
Course #641: Mixed Cell Regenerative Medicine and the 21st Century Cures Act, The Law That Authorizes Stem Cell Therapy in the United States. This course replaces our original History of Medicine course to make way for the many new developments in stem cell therapy taking place in the United States that really gained momentum beginning in 2016. We look at the early history of stem cell therapy worldwide, juxtaposed to what was occurring in the US. We then review the 21st Century Cures Act, and study current developments in what is now referred to as Mixed Cell Regenerative Medicine, and use of Platelet Rich Plasma and Stromal Vascular Fractions.
Course #642: PCCS Disease Treatment with Autologous Stem Cells – The course covers international treatments available using autologous stem cells (collected from the patient). The primary international treatment centers are reviewed. The mechanism of action is studied. The purpose of the course is to bring to light the many curative techniques being used internationally, such as the repair of severed spinal cord using neural stem cells isolated from the patients nose. It is hoped that the student can gain insight to the fact that these current international treatments are no longer “hypothetical”, and hopefully will inspire the students to generate their own ideas for future work in their careers.
Course #644: PCCS 644: Fetal and Embryonic Stem Cell Treatment – A review of the techniques of using stem cells derived from human fetal tissue, and what diseases can be particularly controlled or cured. The course also includes a review of the current status of human embryonic stem cell treatments, why the international medical community has abandoned its interest in using embryonic stem cells, and also covering the two major drawbacks to embryonic stem cell therapy: Tendency toward proliferation (differentiation), making stem cells almost impossible to control once injected into another body, resulting in a differentiated cell ball of many types referred to as a teratoma; and the problem of cell rejection due to having “foreign” cell membrane antigenic determinants requiring a patient to take immune suppressing drugs.
Course #647: Growth Media, Growth Factors, and the Paired Mice Experiment- This course presents a review of growth media for purposes of expansion of a patient’s collected stem cells, including with the use of autologous serum. The importance and identity of stem cell growth factors is presented in context to the very important paired-mice experiment. The course concludes with a discussion of exogenous growth stimulants such as Neupogen (filgrastim).
Course #670: Practical Lab- The Collection, Purification, and Use of the PRP and SVF Fractions. This is a laboratory course in which the student will learn step by step, through use of videos and other material, how the Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) and Stormal Vascular Fraction (SVF) are collected from the patient’s blood or fatty tissue, concentrated through various centrifugation steps and enzymatic clean up, and final preparation for use in patients.
Course #681: PCCS Commercial Sources Supporting Stem Cell Science: The practicalities of delivering stem cell therapy in the clinic setting are reviewed, with all emphasis on an examination and study of commercially available test kits, cell counting equipment, growth factors, tagging and culturing biologicals and equipment. The state of the practical applications of stem cell transplants is studied from the vantage point of commercial support.
(5) Ph.D. Stem Cell Biology Dissertation Pubished in a Peer Reviewed Journal. Every graduate of the Panama College of Cell Science has their dissertation published in a peer-reviewed journal. We make sure of it by our superior dissertation guidance. Cutting edge, timely topics…You will have something great to show people after you leave us. Compare that to the typical dissertation process at your lab-based doctoral program where your work will never be seen by anyone but will likely gather dust in the dissertation archives (meaning the basement) of the traditional lab based program. That’s if you even get through that process at all! Only about 65% of PhD doctoral candicates at traditional universities complete their programs and obtain degrees.
(6) A Short Yet Scholarly 3 Year Program. The Panama College of Cell Science online PhD degree in stem cell science is set up for 3 years. This includes approximately 1 year for dissertation. You will know at the beginning the total amount of time involved. It will not be some riduculous open ended program in which your thesis and research, depending on the institution, may be expected to take 4-7 years to achieve a PhD degree. Our complete Curriculum is HERE (click on picture to make bigger):
Although based in the Commonwealth of Dominica, our program is equivalent to any other US college or university, as shown by the following Certificate from a foreign education credential evaluator:
(7) Only $3450/year annual tuition. Affordable and scholarly, the tuition at the Panama College of Cell Science is only $3,450/ year with no interest payment plan; or $3,200/year for advance annual lump sum payment. Our scholarly program was designed in part by leading stem cell scientist and educator Walter P. Drake, who has been studying stem cell medicine for over 20 years. Geared toward working adults, coursework at the Panama College of Cell Science online PhD degree is available 24/7 with no need to be online at the same time as Instructors.
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So, don’t pay attention to the continued self serving propaganda regurgitated by traditional PhD programs touting that online programs are somehow inferior to lab based programs. In the end, you too will learn that your toiling away for 2-5 years in some professor’s research lab working on some isolated endeavor will have no utility in real life.
We know what we have…so if you are looking for the best biology PhD program in the world, you should consider studying stem cell biology, which we believe to be the hottest new field in biology to come along in a long time. A field that is in demand for teachers, researchers, and pharmaceutical types…even physicians can benefit.
The Panama College Of Cell Science…
Still the World’s Only Online PhD Degree
in Stem Cell Science
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