March 2015 - Page 2 of 3

Intensifying dialogue on human germline gene editing

March 19, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

The field recently saw Lanphier, et al. in Nature calling for a moratorium on human germilne CRISPR genetic modification. A number of additional stakeholders are expected to be weighing in soon on the issue of human germline gene editing. For example, a Science paper from others in the gene editing community is anticipated soon and may well have somewhat different perspectives. I’ve been …

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Readers across the globe favor moratorium on gene editing of human germ cells in poll

March 18, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

In a still ongoing on-line poll, readers of this blog show a pattern of consistently favoring a moratorium on genetic modification of human germ cells. With more than 150 votes cast, the top two answers are ‘strongly favor’ and ‘favor’ a moratorium on human germline genetic modification. Only 15% strongly opposed a moratorium. Overall those …

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10 ways non-compliant stem cell clinic docs jeopardize their careers

March 17, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

Over the years I’ve often written about how unlicensed stem cell clinics and their physicians are putting patients at risk. In most if not all cases they are doing this simply for their own personal monetary gain. I do think that some of them truly believe they are helping patients, but still that doesn’t excuse …

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10 tips on mandatory new NIH biosketch & example

March 16, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 12 Comments

Got your new mandatory NIH biosketch all done? I didn’t think so. Want some help? Read on. NIH has done research and come up with a new biosketch for all of us to use with our proposals. It’s not optional. Originally it was going to be required for January 2015 proposals, but now it must …

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Ad In Bathroom Stall: Your Stool Needed as Life-Saving Tool

March 15, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 6 Comments

When you go into the bathroom, you might expect to see graffiti on the wall, right? I recently saw something very different that left me surprised. Around Sacramento a new kind of “writing on the wall” is showing up in some bathrooms in the form of essentially a paper advertisement taped to the stall wall …

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Weekend Reads from a Wild, Fun Week of Science

March 14, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

You might enjoy the recommended reads below and find they surprise and educate you. Products in the pipeline – Ocata’s RPE by Alexey, a nice update on Ocata. Yes, we are seeing more attacks on academic freedom: guest post by historian of science and medicine. Guest piece by Alice Dreger on her new book, Galileo’s Middle Finger. …

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Proposed Moratorium on Genetic Modification of Human Germ Cells

March 13, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 3 Comments

One of the hottest topics in the biomedical world in 2015 is heritable human genetic modification including via germ cells. There is an unsettling sense that genetically modified human germ cells and eventually GMO human beings are likely coming even if science and society are not ready for it. There are a hodgepodge of laws against human …

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Ten lab pet peeves: elephant in the lab series

March 12, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

Today I’m posting about pet peeves in the science lab. Who doesn’t have some of those? And, yeah, we are all probably guilty at one time or another of driving other people a bit nuts with our own idiosyncrasies that are their pet peeves. This post is another in my “Elephant in the Lab” series about difficult, but important …

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Tips for Visiting Stockholm During ISSCR 2015 by Heather Main

March 11, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

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Note that you can register for ISSCR Stockholm here and the early registration deadline is today, March 11. Even without ISSCR Stockholm is a city worth visiting! There is no Eiffel Tower, Colosseum or Big Ben but Stockholm is one of Europe’s best kept secrets and the most beautiful European city I have visited. This …

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New stem cell clinic ‘National Institutes for Regenerative Medicine’ has NIH-like name, cites UCSD affiliation

March 10, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

Some American stem cell clinics that operate without FDA approval can give the appearance of being in the mainstream of academic stem cell research. Sometimes they go a step further to hint at or even say that they have some kind of federal approval as we saw in the past with the Stem.md website. Why …

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Month: March 2015