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What cancer has taught me 584 days into my battle

July 8, 2011 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 3 Comments

As some of you know, I had prostate cancer in 2009 and by the looks of the pathology report, it seemed like a bad one. Part of my own unique experience of being a cancer patient is that I also happen to be a cancer biologist. You might think this would be helpful, but really […]

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FDA approves Advanced Cell Technology second stem cell trial for blindness

January 5, 2011 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) announced that the FDA has approved their second human ES cell-based clinical trial, a combined Phase I/II, for the treatment of blindness. Advanced Cell Technology As a result, soon ACT will have two active, human ES cell-based clinical trials, both using the same human ES cell-based drug. The aim of the

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