Paul Knoepfler

Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy at UC Davis School of Medicine. Long-time stem cell and cancer scientist. Cancer survivor. Patient Advocate. Science Writer. Blogger at http://www.ipscell.com. Follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/pknoepfler
Also only stem cell podcaster in the world at
http://www.ipscell.com/this-week-in-stem-cells-with-dr-knoepfler-podcast/

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