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Gov Perry distances himself from Celltex, clinic that gave him stem cell transplant

June 26, 2012 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

The big news yesterday was that the FDA report on its audit of Celltex went public and the report was a laundry list of FDA concerns. However, another very surprising and significant element of the story went largely unnoticed. I’m talking about Governor Rick Perry’s reaction to the story. Rick Perry was asked to comment […]

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Surprising FDA audit report of Celltex a blow to dubious stem cell clinics

June 25, 2012 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 4 Comments

As I first reported, the FDA conducted a two-week audit of Texas adult stem cell firm, Celltex, sometime in April. Today I received a copy of the so-called “483 report” of that audit. It is basically a summary of problematic issues that the FDA says need to addressed. The FDA report is cause for some

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The interactome of the adult stem cell universe

June 23, 2012 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

Adult stem cell clinics are growing fast across the U.S. and the world. Many questions surround them. How do they get patients? How does the money flow? How does the FDA view them? How do all the different parties interact?In science when we study how various proteins or other molecules interact as a system we

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The stem cell gestalt of Geron Goodbye and the future of ACT

June 22, 2012 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 6 Comments

Last year one of the biggest events in the stem cell field was biotech Geron punting its embryonic stem cell (ESC) program. Much consternation followed. Some folks opposed to ESCs happily pronounced ESC research dead. Some folks in favor of ESC thought the world was ending a year early. Others tried to look on the

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How iPS cells germinated in part in Seattle in the 1980s

June 16, 2012 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

What if I told you I believe that iPS cells really began in Seattle in the 1980s? Call me crazy? Read on. We hear a lot about how iPS cells were first created in 2006 in Japan by Shinya Yamanaka. I often say this myself. However, as is the case with so much in science,

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TGIF: The good, bad and zombie stem cell headlines for week of June 15

June 15, 2012 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 3 Comments

It’s been another wacky week in the stem cell world ranging from the Zombie to the Magical. Well, at least it’s Friday, right? In the stem cell world a Friday is not that different than any other day as stem cells often require 7-days a week care, but still Fridays are nice. OK, the

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Meeting with Rick Perry to build stem cell bridges

June 13, 2012 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 23 Comments

On Monday I had the privilege to participate in a very unique meeting down in San Diego, CA with Governor Rick Perry of Texas. The focus was on the future of stem cell translational research and clinical application. The small meeting was hosted by Jerry Henberger of the Parkinson’s Association of San Diego, at the Scripps

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Stem cells on the brain: why can’t the brain just fix itself?

June 8, 2012 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 5 Comments

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Why doesn’t the brain fix itself using stem cells the way other organs do? Earlier this week I was lecturing to students here at UC Davis on stem cells. One of the points I raised was that most if not all of our organs have a compliment of stem cells that are there to maintain

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FDA visits both ICMS and reportedly Celltex

June 6, 2012 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 6 Comments

The FDA has been busy with stem cell-related activities this spring including with ICMS. Busier than publicly apparent. Very busy, indeed! Earlier, I reported that they issued a warning letter to cosmetician to the stars, Dr. LookGood, as well as one to another doc selling stem cell therapies. Now it seems apparent that even more

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Open letter to Rick Perry: how Texas can lead on stem cells

May 22, 2012 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 6 Comments

Dear Governor Rick Perry, Yesterday I came down very hard on you in a post for your visit to the Scripps Research Institute in California and the video that was made about it. (2020 update: Rick Perry is still plugging Celltex after 8 more years!) Maybe I was a bit over the top… However, it got

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