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Live Blogging #GeneEditSummit Day 1 Post #3: human germline modification

December 1, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

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The post-lunch session is “Applications of Gene Editing Technology: Human Germline Modification”. Prior to hearing it I’m curious how cautious or gung-ho the speakers will be, or if their gestalt will be one of balance in the middle somewhere. Robin Lovell-Badge, The Francis Crick Institute, was the moderator of this session. He said, “We’d be […]

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Live Blogging #GeneEditSummit Day 1 Post #2: State of the Science, #CRISPR

December 1, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 3 Comments

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Now we hear from the scientists on the front lines of CRISPR, covered in this post #2 of the Human Gene Editing Meeting. You can read Post #1 here. Jennifer Doudna starts off the big human gene editing science session on the current state of the human gene editing science and CRISPR. She gave an

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Live Blog #GeneEditSummit Day 1 Post 1: Context & Science

December 1, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

This is blog post #1 from Day 1 of the National Academy of Sciences meeting on Human Gene editing. Some of the post may be written on the fly given the quick timeline of the meeting. Updates will sometimes be added to existing posts. See the subsequent three posts on the rest of the day here,

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Live Blogging NAS Human Gene Editing Summit: #GeneEditSummit

November 28, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) summit on Human Gene Editing will begin in a few days on December 1 in Washington, D.C. This summit is in part the extension of discussions that started at a more informal meeting on CRISPR earlier this year in Napa organized by Jennifer Doudna and colleagues. The NAS meeting

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Science on Thanksgiving & recommended reading

November 26, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

I’m thankful for a whole bunch of things on Thanksgiving including family, but here I wanted to talk specifically about why we should be thankful for science. At this moment in history it is plainly evident how greatly past science has helped the world and at the same time how intensely the world needs research

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Haunting Doudna nightmare about Hitler wanting CRISPR

November 18, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 3 Comments

A recent piece on CRISPR genetic modification in the New Yorker called The Gene Hackers or Human 2.0 by Michael Specter is striking in a number of ways. I highly recommend it. The article provides an in-depth look at CRISPR and its potential use for human editing. I like how the article brings so many

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Poll: Would you have a genetically modified baby?

November 16, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 8 Comments

Please take our new poll. Would you have a genetically modified baby? There are a lot of issues and even feelings to factor into this question Please tell us in the comments why you voted the way you did.

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More from @TEDxVienna including photos and videos

November 14, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

A few weeks ago I spent a bit of time in Vienna participating in TEDxVienna. You can see two previous posts on my experience here and here. My own video is not up yet on TED, but a few have popped up so far here. One of my favorites is the talk “What if we

The worst thing I’ve read all year: @Slate piece on prostate cancer

November 12, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 11 Comments

I’ve read a lot of bad writing in the past year including on prostate cancer. Lucky me, right? It’s probably true for most of us. However, a new piece in Slate on prostate cancer and the Movember movement (an effort that raises awareness and funds for prostate cancer research) takes the cake as the absolute worst

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What is Astellas Pharma, the purchaser of Ocata?

November 11, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 11 Comments

Astellas Pharma is on track to purchase Ocata Therapeutics (formerly Advanced Cell Technology). This has stirred a lot of strong feelings amongst investors in Ocata. (Update, now almost 5 years later, the Ocata vision program is still not going full steam ahead at its new owner it seems). I’ve also been wondering what exactly is

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