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‘We don’t want to freak people out’: about that Jacob Hanna human embryo model startup

August 18, 2022 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 5 Comments

Stem cell biologist Jacob Hanna has a new startup called Renewal Bio. Its goal is to harvest cells or tissues from human embryo or fetus models for clinical use. I believe that their commercial ambitions have so far outstripped careful thought and discussion in the broader community of researchers. There are major risks here for […]

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Grading my 21 stem cell & regenerative medicine predictions for 2021

December 22, 2021 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 3 Comments

The world of stem cell research and regenerative medicine is unpredictable but it’s fun to be a part of it and try to do predictions. Each year in late December or early January I make prognostications for the coming year for stem cell research and regenerative medicine. I made 21 such predictions for the current

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21 Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine 2021 Predictions

January 12, 2021 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 6 Comments

In any given field of biomedical science like stem cell research and regenerative medicine, it’s very useful if you can accurately predict the future. It seems, though, that predictions are far more difficult within the more exciting and rapidly-changing fields. The field of stem cells and regenerative medicine fits that bill. Past stem cell research

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Grading my 20 stem cell predictions for 2020

December 30, 2020 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

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Each year I metaphorically try to look into a crystal ball for stem cell predictions for the coming year and I did so for 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic threw a monkey wrench into my predictions. It actually kind of blew some up. It also raised some interesting questions and dilemmas. For instance, do many

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Stem cell videos

May 10, 2020 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

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

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20/20 vision? The Niche’s 20 stem cell & regenerative medicine predictions for 2020

January 2, 2020 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 4 Comments

Every year in December and early January I do a post predicting some key events for the stem cell and regenerative medicine field for the upcoming year and today’s post contains my predictions for 2020. You can see my past 2019 predictions along with my grades for them here. I gave myself a B+ for

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B+ on my report card on my 20 stem cell predictions for 2019

December 26, 2019 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 9 Comments

Last year around this time I took my annual plunge to make 20 predictions for the coming year for the stem cell and regenerative medicine field. I even made a crystal ball graphic to highlight the complexity of the stem cell ecosystem into which these predictions were embedded (see image) for 2019. How’d I do?

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20 stem cell & regenerative medicine predictions for 2019

January 2, 2019 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 6 Comments

For a long time at the end of each year, I’ve been making stem cell predictions for the coming year. Most often I’ve been making a “top 20” list of predictions and today’s post has my list for 2019. You can see how I did for 2018 here, which might have been my best year

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George Church on Germline Human Genetic Modification

March 9, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 17 Comments

I recently interviewed leading genomics scientist George Church on the ways that trends in genomics are changing our world. We also discussed the possibility of heritable human genetic modification. These days we more often call this “CRISPR babies.” His answers suggest that genomics and gene editing are poised to radically change our world. They could literally

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2023 stem cell predictions grades reflect wild year for regenerative medicine

December 27, 2023 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

Every year I make stem cell and regenerative medicine predictions. Looking at my predictions for 2023, they reflect a wild year but in many ways a good one overall. Below I have graded my 2023 predictions. Overall, my crystal ball gave solid results. Some of the predictions have been condensed to keep things concise, but you

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