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Stem cell story of the year: human therapeutic cloning

December 18, 2013 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 8 Comments

There have been many interesting developments in stem cells in 2013, but to me the biggest event by far was the first ever successful somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT)-based human therapeutic cloning. This approach generated apparently genetically normal human embryonic stem cells (hESC), an astonishing accomplishment. There are two kinds of human cloning: therapeutic and reproductive. […]

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Saga of Texas Stem Cell Clinic Celltex Continues

December 17, 2013 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 17 Comments

Remember the Texas stem cell clinic Celltex, most famous for treating Texas Governor Rick Perry? Celltex had a busy few years, but has been relatively under the radar for most of 2013. Does that mean it’s gone? Hardly. Their saga became more serious when the FDA sent it a warning letter that was predicted by this

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Guest Post By Jeanne Loring: Efforts to Save CIRM Shared Labs

December 12, 2013 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

By Jeanne Loring “Shared Labs Axed” was the headline for David Jensen’s blog about the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the funding agency founded after voters approved Proposition 71, the “stem cell research and cures” initiative. I was there when the ax fell, in Los Angeles at the meeting of CIRM’s governing board, along with

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Key Questions for the Stem Cell Field for 2014

December 11, 2013 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 4 Comments

The World Stem Cell Summit in San Diego was a great meeting this past week. It was my 3rd straight Summit and the best of all. It’s a unique mix of science, medicine, and policy that links together key players from every corner of the field. I talked stem cells one-on-one or in small groups

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World Stem Cell Summit Panel on Non-Compliant Stem Cells

December 6, 2013 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 5 Comments

I just participated in a panel discussion at the World Stem Cell Summit moderated by Lee Buckler on what patients should be thinking about as they contemplate non-compliant stem cell interventions. Also on the panel was Dr. Allan Wu. Both Lee and Al are exceptional members of the stem cell community so it was fantastic

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Law and Order SVF: what is stromal vascular fraction?

December 2, 2013 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 3 Comments

A big, fat elephant in “the room” of the commercial stem cell field today is something called stromal vascular fraction or SVF, made from human fat tissue or adipose. If you care at all about stem cells or the stem cell field more generally, you had better educate yourself on SVF. You can learn a

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Cell Surgical Network Series Part 3: Key Concerns

November 26, 2013 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 5 Comments

I recently interviewed Drs. Elliot Lander and Mark Berman of the Cell Surgical Network. It’s an affiliated chain of clinics selling stem cell interventions for more than a dozen medical conditions. You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here of the interview where we cover 10 important questions. Today is Part 3, where I explain why their answers

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Cell Surgical Network Interview Part 2: SVF, FDA, & Homologous Use

November 23, 2013 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 24 Comments

Today I am posting Part 2 of my interview with Drs. Lander and Berman of the Cell Surgical Network. You can read Part 1 here, which is an interesting look inside the Network. The final portion of this blog post series, Part 3, is my take on their answers and you might not be surprised that

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Some More Thoughts on the Search for a New CIRM President

November 20, 2013 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

Yesterday I posted a list of a dozen potential candidates to be considered for the position of the new CIRM President. To be clear, that list is not my list. It is also not CIRM’s list and I’m sure that CIRM’s Search Committee has its own ideas of course. The list in yesterday’s post was

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Dozen Candidates To Be New CIRM President

November 19, 2013 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

Who might make a fantastic new CIRM President? The California stem cell community is abuzz with this question. This new President will not only lead CIRM today, but also in all likelihood will steer CIRM in its new incarnation after 2017, what I’ve called CIRM 2.0. At least that would be ideal. CIRM has posted a

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