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Vatican Stem Cell Meeting 2.0: from stem cells to prison cells to hell?

February 27, 2012 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 7 Comments

We have another Vatican stem cell meeting coming up this spring. This meeting raises some extremely important questions and complex issues at the interface of science, religion, philosophy and ethics. From the perspective of scientists, an important issue is whether (assuming one is invited) to attend such a meeting and if one does attend, is […]

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Stem cells on the brain

February 23, 2012 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

I confess: I have stem cells on the brain. Yeah, I probably have a few stem cells left in this old brain of mine, but that’s not what I mean….rather, I mean that I am really curious and excited about how stem cells do their jobs in our brains. More specifically, I wonder about things such

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Factual patient guide to stem cell treatments

February 15, 2012 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 4 Comments

Here is a patient guide to stem cells with the key factual things you need to know. For better or worse, I am in the unique position of being a stem cell scientist and also a patient since I had cancer 2 years ago. Looking on the bright side this gives me a unique perspective

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What do stem cells have to do with contraception?

February 10, 2012 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 10 Comments

If you care about contraception, you need to understand stem cells. And if you care about stem cells you should know more about birth control. Why? There is a big media to-do about federal guidelines related to health care organizations providing birth control. President Obama has gotten into the fray and in fact just today

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Komen Foundation open to funding human embryonic stem cell research

February 7, 2012 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

Interestingly, the Komen Foundation appears open to funding human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research. The latest report from Science includes a quote from Komen that denies any changes in funding policy for research and suggests they have not ruled out funding such research: Contrary to circulating online reports, Komen has not “de-funded” any grantee based on human embryonic stem

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From boobs to baldness: stem cell cosmetics

February 6, 2012 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

What are stem cell cosmetics? The use of stem cells for cosmetics and cosmetic procedures is exploding even while many important questions remain. How legitimate are these stem cell cosmetic products and procedures? Are they safe and effective? What kinds of medical conditions are they being used to treat? I also recently did a post

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Transdifferentiation does not make iPS cells obsolete

February 1, 2012 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 3 Comments

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Do we still need iPS cells if transdifferentiation is so cool? Wait, how did we get to the point that people are asking me that extreme question? When iPS cells were first introduced to the world by Shinya Yamanaka, who I think will win the Nobel Prize sometime in the next few years, some folks went

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A critique of the Witherspoon Institute stem cell report

January 31, 2012 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 16 Comments

Lately I have been critical of an ultra-conservative political think tank-like foundation called the Witherspoon Institute. They have recently joined the federal lawsuit as friends of the plaintiffs suing to stop federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. The Witherspoon Council has just published a 100+ page report on stem cells in the very conservative, somewhat obscure

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Update on embryonic stem cell court case

January 27, 2012 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 4 Comments

Federal funding of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research is hanging by a tenuous thread at the moment. While currently legal, such funding is at the mercy of a legal case making its way through the courts. The latest stop for this case is a review by a 3-judge panel of the DC Circuit Court.

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Stem cells in my Pepsi? New crazy stem cell myths

January 26, 2012 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 12 Comments

Just when I thought that the myths about stem cells, particularly embryonic stem cells, couldn’t get any more fantastic (as in based on fantasy), we have some bright folks out there thinking that soda (pop, coke, pepsi, whatever you call it) is made using embryonic stem cells. The headline goes: Pepsi is using embryonic stem cells

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