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Nita Farahany Interview on Human Germline Modification: Defining A Road Forward

July 28, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

The topic of heritable human genetic modification has been heating up recently. Prominent scientists, ethicists, and legal scholars have being weighing in, and there is a range of attitudes. Some favor a complete, moratorium including even lab work, while on the other end of the spectrum there are those who have a more liberal perspective. Many […]

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4 areas of debate on 1st human embryo genetic modification paper

April 27, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 5 Comments

Last week was a big one for the life sciences in that we saw the milestone of the first ever published paper reporting human embryo genetic modification (see here and here). It was one of those situations where we knew it was coming, but it was still a jolt. Not surprisingly this event sparked intense discussion

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Human GMO Method Given OK by UK Parliament in Historic Vote

February 3, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 4 Comments

The UK Parliament just voted to legalize the production of genetically modified human beings. To my knowledge, this is the first time in history that such a vote has given the green light to make GMO human beings in any country of the world. There are other hurdles before this method can actually be used including the

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Austen Heinz of Cambrian Genomics Interview: GMO creatures & people

January 14, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 5 Comments

What’s Cambrian Genomics? With rapid advances in genomics, gene editing, and methods to reproduce life in the lab such as cloning, today creating genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has never been easier. While there have been of course loads of discussions of GMOs in the past, we are entering a new era of what one might

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Open letter to UK Parliament: avoid historic mistake on rushing 3-parent technology

November 2, 2014 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

Dear UK Parliament and Science and Technology Committee, I am writing to you about your deliberations on “mitochondrial donation” (also known as 3-parent technology) intended for the purpose of preventing heritable mitochondrial disorders. I am concerned about the Department of Health’s recent draft regulations that would allow 3-parent experiments to go forward and the possibility that the UK

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Stem Cell Person of the Year Award 2014 Voting: Who Will Be Finalists?

October 15, 2014 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

With one week left to vote to pick the top 12 finalists for the Stem Cell Person of the Year 2014 Award, we have more than 2,800 votes in so far. From the top 12 vote-getters, I will choose the winner. This is the third year of this award. I self-fund this award out of

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Stem Cell Person of the Year 2014 Award: Vote To Choose 12 Finalists

October 8, 2014 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 4 Comments

Nominations have closed and we have more than two dozen nominations for Stem Cell Person of the Year 2014. It’s an exciting, diverse group including some news faces as well as nominees from years past as well. Happy Stem Cell Day! You can now vote for your choice for the top finalists in the poll

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Nominees for Stem Cell Person of the Year 2013: scientists, advocates, physicians, and the Pope

October 1, 2013 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 3 Comments

Nominations for Stem Cell Person of the Year 2013 closed last night and I ended up with a remarkable list of 30 nominees. I have included a few sentences about each one below, often taking verbiage directly from the nominator. The online voting on these nominees will start soon. The top vote getters will move

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Contagious cancer: the allograft your dog doesn’t want

January 25, 2011 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

What is Contagious cancer? Can one creature directly give another creature cancer? It appears so in dogs and that cancer is highly contagious. Contagious cancer When we think about transplants of cells, we think about hospitals and high-tech equipment used to give patients stem cells or other types of cells to help treat them for

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