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Perspectives: Nature editorial on stem cell oversight & clinics gets it right

July 7, 2016 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

The journal Nature published an excellent editorial earlier this week on stem cell oversight and stem cell clinics. The piece, entitled ” FDA should stand firm on stem-cell treatments. US regulators must regain the upper hand in the approval system” struck just the right balance. It correctly supported the FDA’s data-centered approach to stem cell oversight and […]

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Stem cells on the 4th of July: plenty of fireworks lately

July 4, 2016 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 13 Comments

It’s an exciting time to be a stem cell scientist and I feel fortunate to be doing research on stem cells today what with all the developments recently and real promise for clinical impact in coming decades. There’s also unfortunately a ton of hype out there including in academia, biotech, and the stem cell clinic

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‘Are fat stem cell clinics selling unapproved drugs?’ reporters ask in talking about our new paper

July 3, 2016 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 18 Comments

Our new paper in the journal Cell Stem Cell on the large stem cell clinic marketplace in the U.S. documented a wide range of different kinds of clinics, stem cells used, and conditions claimed to be treated, but here I want to focus on the fat stem cell clinics in this post. I’m going to try

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Dang: ad for stem cell clinic @Sciam article on our paper on stem cell clinics

June 30, 2016 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 8 Comments

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Would Scientific American run an ad for a stem cell clinic? What a strange Internet world we live in these days, huh? Leigh Turner and I just published a piece in Cell Stem Cell on the state of the US stem cell clinic market finding 570 clinics and this paper has drawn a lot of

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Patients guide to stem cell treatments for 2021

June 29, 2016 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 26 Comments

For better or worse, I am in the unique position of being a stem cell scientist and also a former cancer patient. Looking on the bright side this gives me a unique perspective on things compared to many of my colleagues. I know there are thousands of people out there looking for more practical information

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5 big picture stem cell trends at ISSCR 2016

June 26, 2016 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 3 Comments

Now that the ISSCR annual meeting is over, some overall stem cell trends are evident from the meeting in terms of the direction of the stem cell field. This was one of my favorite ISSCR meetings. Translation expectation and upbeat tone. The overall vibe at the meeting was a sense of excitement and optimism about the

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Fiona Watt excellent talk on epidermal stem cell plasticity ISSCR 2016

June 24, 2016 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

Yesterday at ISSCR 2016, Fiona Watt gave a great talk about plasticity of epidermal stem cells. As with my other #ISSCR2016 posts, this one is a stream of impressions, quotes, and key points. For my other blog posts from the meeting see here. First she provided a nice overview of human skin architecture and regulation. The

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Thought provoking talk from John Dick at ISSCR 2016 on cancer stem cells

June 23, 2016 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

Dr. John Dick gave a great talk yesterday on cancer stem cells here at ISSCR 2016. Below I summarize his talk and as always with these meeting blogs, the post is not polished and is more of a stream of the speaker’s main points. He started out broadly with a nice introduction to this area of

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At ISSCR 2016, $2,000 donation to Summit For Stem Cell patient group

June 22, 2016 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

Something very unusual and positive just happened at this year’s ISSCR meeting. Every year in December I give out an award for the Stem Cell Person of the Year to the individual with the strongest positive impact in the stem cell field generated specifically from outside-the-box thinking and actions. Dr. Jeanne Loring was the recipient in

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Austin Smith talk at ISSCR 2016: a ground state inhibitor pathway

June 22, 2016 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

ISSCR 2016’s first plenary session is focused on stem cells & cancer. I was really excited about this one even before the meeting as this topic is a major focus of my own lab. Here’s the lineup for this plenary with great expertise in stem cells & cancer from across the globe: President’s Address: Sean Morrison, Children’s

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