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Global transhumanism leader Natasha Vita-More on human germline modification

August 3, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

In my continuing series of conversations with thought leaders related to heritable human modification, today’s post is an interview with Natasha Vita-More, a pioneer in the transhumanism movement and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Humanity+ (H+), the global transhumanist organization. Where do you see transhumanism today? Has it changed over the years? What […]

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TGIF: Recommended Science & Medicine Weekend Reads

July 31, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 4 Comments

With these recommendations I’m aiming for a diverse range of content and perspectives, some of which I may not agree with, but all of which are interesting even if they are beyond research on medicine. Prostate Organoid from Stem Cells. More organoid news. Why Do Glowing Sharks Glow? Not exactly medicine, but a cool piece

Fantastic organoid voyage: views from inside organoids

July 30, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

The classic sci-fi movie Fantastic Voyage keeps coming to mind for me as I see and do research involving organoids. In it, the heroes travel inside of the human body in a craft, observing all kinds of awesome biology in an up close and personal kind of way on route into the brain with the goal

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Scientists and suicide

July 26, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 5 Comments

Why do some scientists commit suicide and can such suicides be prevented? Clearly it can be hard or even impossible to tell from the outside what things may be like on the inside for anybody whether they are a scientist or not. Last year the world of science, and in particular the stem cell and

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Perspectives on Planned Parenthood Fetal Tissue Video

July 20, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 5 Comments

You probably have heard by now about the controversial video (below) showing the senior director of medical services of Planned Parenthood, Deborah Nucatola, discussing the procurement and distribution of fetal tissues from abortions for research. The film was taken secretly using a hidden camera by anti-abortion activists who concealed their real identities. It was edited

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Huge Hack at UCLA Health: Millions of Patients’ Personal & Medical Data Compromised

July 17, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

On May 5 UCLA Health System determined that its computer systems had suffered a massive hack. The cyber attack compromised the data of millions of UCLA patients according to the University: “the attacker had accessed parts of the UCLA Health network that contain personal information, like name, address, date of birth, social security number, medical

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Mitalipov Nature pub review: IPSC & SCNT for mitochondrial disease

July 15, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 6 Comments

In a new, thought-provoking paper today in Nature, Shoukhrat Mitalipov and a multi-institutional team report a significant advance toward potential novel ways to treat mitochondrial diseases. What are these illnesses? Mitochondrial diseases are rare, but devastating disorders caused by genetic mutations. Today they are largely impossible to treat in meaningful ways other than palliative care. Some

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Masayo Takahashi (高橋政代) on IPSC Trial for Vision

July 7, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 9 Comments

Masayo Takahashi (高橋政代) on IPSC Trial for Macular Degeneration By Michael Cea Stem Cell Analyst & Advocate (editor’s note: piece was originally posted on Michael’s blog here; follow Michael on Twitter @msemporda) Masayo Takahashi interview Having followed closely the developments in programs using pluripotent based therapeutics I was fortunate during ISSCR2015 to have the opportunity to

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Interview with transhumanism leader Maria Konovalenko

July 6, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 21 Comments

The transhumanism movement has been garnering attention lately for a variety of views including embracing aspects of heritable human genetic modification. Earlier this year I interviewed geneticist and transhumanist, George Church. In this post I interview molecular biophysicist and transhumanist Maria Konovalenko. She is the program coordinator at the Science for Life Extension Foundation. In

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Landmark IPSC clinical study on hold due to genomic issue

July 1, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 42 Comments

The pioneering induced pluripotent stem cell (IPSC) clinical study in Japan led by top stem cell clinical researcher Dr. Masayo Takahashi has been stopped reports the WSJ in Japan. This development is confirmed by other sources and in a PDF report by RIKEN (in Japanese here). One patient was transplanted in September 2014 with their own IPSC-derived

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