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ArticleStem cell reports2025

Stem cells in your YouTube feed: The complex landscape and unexpected mediators of online information.

Anders Grundtvig, Megan Munsie

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Article in Stem cell reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Anders GrundtvigDepartment of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine (reNEW), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Electronic address: anders.grundtvig@sund.ku.dk.
Megan MunsieStem Cell Biology Theme, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This Forum article explores 4,481 YouTube videos about stem cells to map how medical knowledge is shaped online. By analyzing content and user metrics, the article identifies key mediators and influential creators, revealing a complex discourse dominated by celebrity influencers in the promotion and discussion of putative stem cell treatments.

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Information DisseminationInternetSocial MediaStem CellsHumans

Identifiers

PMID41270745
PMCPMC12744827

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