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Opinion pieces by Dr. Paul Knoepfler, Professor of Cell Biology & Human Anatomy at UC Davis School of Medicine on stem cells.

Did COVID derail FDA stem cell clinic plan?

Mark Raza FDA stem cell clinic plan

The FDA stem cell clinic problem just continues to grow, while the agency has been oddly quiet in this space for more than a year. It’s been a major disappointment, particularly as in recent years FDA leadership had implied that bold action was coming. Their own words spiked expectations that the agency would tackle unproven …

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Is embryonic stem cell research a target after Roe?

Knoepfler lab stem cells

When I first started this blog back in 2010 the most contentious issue on the more political side of our field was federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. It was something you couldn’t take for granted. Some history on embryonic stem cell funding in the US There were times back then when funding of …

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