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Meeting review of unique stem cell ethics symposium at UC Davis School of Medicine

February 15, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

On Thursday here at UC Davis School of Medicine we held our second annual Stem Cell Ethics Symposium. The symposium was organized by Drs. Mark Yarborough and Nanette Joyce as well as me. In this post I report on key take homes from the meeting and summarize the specific talks. As far as I know, this is one of the few […]

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Nature Biased News Coverage of 3-Person IVF

February 13, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 5 Comments

NatureNews is a science news outlet so I’ve been wondering what the heck the deal is with their strongly biased news coverage of the mitochondrial transfer 3-person IVF technology debate. By way of context, I like NatureNews and am a regular reader, but their coverage of the mitochondrial transfer debate has been completely one-sided and inaccurate. Their

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Myths about 3-person IVF mitochondrial transfer

February 10, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 11 Comments

It’s been somewhat of a helter-skelter time for the new technology often referred to as 3-person IVF or mitochondrial transfer as the UK considers whether to legalize this experimental technology for use in humans. I believe that this technology is not ready now for use in humans and for more background on why as well

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Stem cell clinics, FDA, & giant, unapproved for-profit human experiments

January 27, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 60 Comments

When I started blogging in 2010 the stem cell arena was a very different place including the fact I could count the number of US stem cell clinics on one hand. This blog, called The Niche for many years, was just “Knoepfler Stem Cell Blog” back then. Also, back then the hot topic was the

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Silva Comments on MBD3/NuRD Debate with Jacob Hanna

January 25, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 10 Comments

What’s the deal with the tension between José Silva and Jacob Hanna over pluripotency? Researchers probing how to reprogram cells into powerful stem cells (induced pluripotent stem cells or IPSCs) and what the molecular mechanisms are behind this process have become entangled in a conflict. Of course over the years scientists including stem cell scientists have

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Olbermann Puff Interview on Stemedica & Gordie Howe

January 22, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 22 Comments

The stem cell company Stemedica has made a name for itself in the media lately through hockey legend Gordie Howe, who received a non-FDA approved stem cell “treatment” in Mexico via Stemedica and its partner, Novastem. Howe, known as Mr. Hockey, had several strokes in late 2014 and his health was declining. Stemedica and Novastem

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Arthritis Foundation Sell Out To Stem Cell Clinic Celltex?

January 20, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 34 Comments

The Texas stem cell clinic Celltex was one of the most controversial businesses in the world of stem cells in 2012 and 2013 (see here for background and as an update see this new post on how the Texas clinic has teamed up with a local university). The FDA essentially shut down the Celltex clinical

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Stem cell clinic & Doug Broeska face stem cell fraud allegations

January 15, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 11 Comments

Who is Doug Broeska and what is Regenetek a Canadian stem cell company doing that is drawing attention of authorities? The Winnipeg Free Press is reporting that Regenetek faces serious charges related to for-profit stem cell therapies. (Update: a followup story in the Free Press has been published). A very thorough article in the newspaper

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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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Harvard Predicts Fat Burning Stem Cell Pill To Replace Exercise

December 9, 2014 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 8 Comments

A hot topic in biomedical sciences is converting white “bad” fat into brown “good” fat. The latter type of adipose is viewed more positively because it seems to be associated with a relatively metabolically more active, leaner state. Could we somehow convert white adipose to brown adipose and in so doing have a beneficial effect

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