Over the years I’ve done a variety of videos that ended up on YouTube. While most of these were stem cell videos, some deal with other important topics such as CRISPR of human embryos. We now also have a dedicated channel on YouTube The Stem Cell Channel. Check it out and follow for the latest videos.
You can see an image from a PBS interview video at left that was particularly memorable (more below).
In this post I include links to these videos and short summaries of what went into them.
I’m planning to include many more new videos in the future. The first one below is a new one I did in 2021 on Stem Cell Therapy Cost.
You may also find this recent post I did on the top 20 most popular YouTube videos on stem cells to be worth a read.
Stem cell therapy cost is kind of complicated. Check out my new video discussing it.
What should we think about stem cell supplements? In the video above I do a fact check on these expenses supplements. My conclusion is that they are a big waste of money.
You may enjoy my TED talk (TEDxVienna) on CRISPR in humans and designer babies. It has about 1.5 million views as of September 2020.
The above video was one of the first videos I did. It was filmed and put together by the California Stem Cell Agency, better known as CIRM. Here’s a summary of the topic I covered:
“One hallmark of embryonic stem cells is that they cause a particular type of tumor called a teratoma. Stem cell researchers must learn how to prevent these tumors before any transplantation-based therapy can be successful.”
Back when this was filmed I had a CIRM grant to study how and why the cells form tumors and to help understand ways of preventing those tumors from forming. My lab and I are still very interested in the relationship between stem cells and cancer.
In 2017 I gave another stem cell talk (above) at the Future of Genomic Medicine Meeting in LaJolla on using induced pluripotent stem cells (aka IPS cells) as a tool for disease modeling. It was around that time I go far more interesed in brain organoids made from IPS cells, an area my lab continues to study. You can see the video above. It’s one of my favorite stem cell videos I’ve done.
While not exactly in the stem cell videos category, this clip of a Gwen Ifil interview of me and Jennifer Doudna on potential heritable use of CRISPR in humans was very memorable for me. I got to meet Gwen Ifil and sort of meet Dr. Doudna too by video at least. The video is entitled, “2015’s biggest breakthrough could deliver designer babies.”
In 2014 I was interviewed by Scott Syphax on Studio Sacramento about the promise of stem cells and also about the future of CIRM. I’m guessing you notice something different about me in this video. I am 100% bald. The reason is that the day before I had done a head shaving fund raiser for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, which funds research for childhood cancers. I’ve had support from them over the years and try to give back.
I’ve also done a variety of other video, mostly stem cell videos, that are on YouTube, which you can find here.