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Huge Hack at UCLA Health: Millions of Patients’ Personal & Medical Data Compromised

July 17, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

On May 5 UCLA Health System determined that its computer systems had suffered a massive hack. The cyber attack compromised the data of millions of UCLA patients according to the University: “the attacker had accessed parts of the UCLA Health network that contain personal information, like name, address, date of birth, social security number, medical …

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WHYY oh WHYY: NPR puff piece on risky stem cell microneedling

March 14, 2023 March 24, 2023 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

I usually associate NPR with solid journalism so I was scratching my head about a recent puff piece by WHYY on stem cell microneedling. Is this journalism or product promotion? The NPR piece by Maiken Scott doesn’t ask important questions. Scott received stem cell microneedling herself using a product from a company called AnteAGE. How …

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Giostar stem cell clinic chain review, red flags, & lawsuit

July 5, 2022 July 4, 2022 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 11 Comments

Some unproven stem cell clinics like one called Giostar have multiple locations sprouting up. To me the concern with that spreading is the potential of multiplying risks to consumers. It can be hard to get a clear take on what these clinics are doing too. What’s in this article What is Giostar? | Giostar review | …

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Weekly reads: fibroblasts, cancer stem cells, Parkinson’s

April 24, 2022 April 23, 2022 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / Leave a Comment

It seems like the field of cell biology has mixed feelings about fibroblasts so I’m going to start off there with the recommended reads. But first, check out our stem cell YouTube channel as we are steadily heading toward 500 subscribers and 30,000 views. Please subscribe. I’ve pasted one of our top videos below, which …

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Weekly reads: Bezos & stem cells for anti-aging, Myc, more

September 12, 2021 September 12, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

Stem cells may have anti-aging properties, but they are unlikely to be a real fountain of youth. Even so, people are obsessed with aging and stem cells regularly are thought of as “the ticket” for fighting aging. I’ll start today’s recommended reads with that topic and then go on to list some interesting papers of …

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New lab-grown blastoids are strikingly similar to human embryos

March 17, 2021 March 17, 2021 / By Ricki Lewis / 2 Comments

A new word has been added to the lexicon of human stem cell research – blastoids, aka “blastocyst-like structures.” Unlike the familiar three-layered embryo that emerges during the third week of prenatal development, the earlier blastocyst resembles a fluid-filled soccer ball, with a smear of cells on the interior face destined to develop into the …

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Politics & FDA OK of 2 stem cell clinic COVID-19 efforts

August 24, 2020 June 8, 2022 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 5 Comments

The FDA and its CBER branch have been doing a good job overall in the last 3+ years to tackle the unproven stem cell clinic problem, but lately on the stem cells for COVID-19 front there is reason for real concern. I believe the agency is taking on major risk overall by clearing a vast number of …

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IPS cell field update: easy culture, Parkinson’s, scarring, immune cells, & mutations

January 12, 2020 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

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Where do things stand today in 2020 with IPS cell research? It’s been 14 years since they were first reported, but they continue to make news. Back in 2006 I was wrapping up my postdoc with Bob Eisenman at The Hutch in Seattle, largely studying Myc, when Shinya Yamanaka published his first induced pluripotent stem …

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