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Gregory Stock
Gregory Stock

Gregory Stock is a biophysicist, best-selling author, biotech entrepreneur, and the former director of the Program on Medicine, Technology and Society at UCLA’s School of Medicine. Biophysics (also biological physics) is an Interdisciplinary Science that employs and develops theories and methods of the Physical sciences for The University of California Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood Los Angeles, California, United He has written extensively on the implications for society, medicine and business of the human genome project and associated developments in molecular genetics and bioinformatics. The Human Genome Project (HGP was an international Scientific research project with a primary goal to determine the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up DNA Molecular genetics is the field of Biology which studies the structure and function of Genes at a molecular level Bioinformatics is the application of information technology to the field of molecular biology His interests lie in the scientific and evolutionary as well as ethical, social and political implications of today's revolutions in the life sciences and in information technology and computers.

He has dealt with topics relating to privacy issues in healthcare and genomics; advances in reproductive biology and embryo screening; future possibilities in human germline engineering and anti-aging interventions; and scenarios of future human evolution. Stock’s speeches, writings and positions reflect a vision of pragmatism if not enthusiasm about adapting to the profound and difficult shifts these new technologies will bring and avoiding unnecessary delay in the development of new therapeutics and medical and biological interventions emerging from progress in the life sciences.

Stock also is the CEO of Signum Biosciences, a biotech company developing therapeutics for Alzheimer’s and other diseases as well as health and wellness agents. He sits on the editorial board of the American Journal of Bioethics and is in the department of Pediatrics at the UCLA School of Medicine. The American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB, founded in 1999 is a Peer reviewed journal published by Taylor and Francis. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Napo Pharmaceuticals,a publicly traded pharmaceutical company headquartered in San Francisco. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city He sits on the California Advisory Committee on Stem Cells and Reproductive Cloning and serves as the associate director for the Bioagenda Institute and the Center for Life Science Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley

Dr. Stock has been an invited speaker to many academic, government and business conferences. He makes regular appearances on television and radio, and has appeared on CNN, PBS, NPR and the BBC in shows including Talk of the Nation, Charlie Rose, Oprah Winfrey, Biotech Nation and Larry King. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the Talk of the Nation is a Talk radio program based in the United States, produced by National Public Radio, and is broadcast nationally from 2 Charlie Rose (born Charles Peete Rose Jr, on January 5, 1942) is an American TV interviewer and journalist Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29 1954 often referred to simply as Oprah, is an American Larry King (born November 19, 1933) is an American television/radio host

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Public Policy

Stock was an early force in considering the implications of human germline engineering and human enhancement. Through the Program on Medicine, Technology and Society, which he founded at the UCLA School of Medicine, he organized an influential 1998 conference at UCLA: "Engineering the Human Germline," which included a panel of James Watson, French Anderson, Lee Hood and other major figures in the life sciences. The University of California Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood Los Angeles, California, United William French Anderson, MD (born December 31, 1936) is a US Physician, Geneticist and molecular biologist Leroy Hood is an American Biologist. He won the 2003 Lemelson-MIT Prize for inventing "four instruments that have unlocked much of the mystery of The event, which attracted considerable media attention and opened up broad debate on what was then a largely tabboo topic, was covered on the front page of the New York Times. Through another seminal UCLA conference, Milestones on Aging, he organized, Stock helped legitimize research to significantly extend human longevity. The event led to a follow conference he co-hosted at UC Berkeley with Bruce Ames and Aubrey de Grey, who went on to found the Methuselah Foundation, an organization that has aggressively promoted research on life extension. The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley The activity of the MTS Program was also critical in establishing UCLA’s Center on Society and Genetics, which actively explores broad policy issues in the genomics arena. Stock is now primarily engaged in the development of new therapeutics at Signum Biosciences, a biotech company he co-founded in 2004, but he remains active in the policy arena through UCLA's MTS Program, which he still directs, and the BioAgenda Institute, which he is the associate director of, and through various public appearances and debates.

Stock has presented diverse keynotes ranging from “The Coming Era of Personalized Medicine” at Medco, “Trends in Health, Science and Nutrition” at the American Dietetic Association, "The Future of Genomics and Healthcare" at Johnson and Johnson, "The Coming Healthcare Revolution" at HIMS (Healthcare Information Management Society) and "The Evolution of the Biotech Revolution" at Applied Biosystems to "21st Century Opportunities and Challenges" at the World Future Society, "Beauty, Health and Biotech: A Look Ahead" at Fashion Group International, "Redesigning Humans: Best Hope, Worst Fear" at the TED (Technology, Education and Design) Conference, and "From Pharmacogenomics to Genetic Design" at the World Transhumanist Society. The American Dietetic Association ( ADA) is the United States ' largest organization of Food and Nutrition professionals with nearly 67000 members Johnson & Johnson ( is a global American Pharmaceutical, Medical devices and consumer packaged goods Manufacturer founded in 1886 The World Future Society is a nonprofit educational and scientific organization in Bethesda Maryland, U

He has also been involved with broadcast media through guest appearances on shows such as the PBS documentary "Religion and Ethics: The Challenge and Ethics of Strong Biotechnology," debates on NPR's Talk of the Nation and Charlie Rose, via an online multimedia documentary he produced with funding from the Greenwall and Sloan Foundations entitled "Human Germline Engineering: Implications for Science and Society"(www. The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the germline. ucla. edu), and in an ARTE documentary examining key figures in Biotechnology.

Stock has always been a strong advocate for the aggressive implementation of new technology in the life sciences and he has publicly debated many leading figures in the bioethics community, including Francis Fukuyama, Jeremy Rifkin, Leon Kass,George Annas,Dan Callahan,Bill McKibben, Michael Sandel, William Hurlbut and Nigel Cameron. Yoshihiro Francis Fukuyama (born 27 October 1952) is an American Philosopher, political economist, and author Jeremy Rifkin (born 1943, Denver Colorado) the founder and president of the Foundation on Economic Trends (FOET is an American economist writer and public Leon Kass (born February 12 1939) is an American Bioethicist, best known as a leader in the effort to stop human Embryonic stem cell George J Annas is the Edward R Utley Professor of Health Law Bioethics & Human Rights Chairman of Department of Health Law Bioethics & Human Rights at the Boston University School Bill McKibben is an American Environmentalist and writer Michael Sandel ( 1953 - is a political philosopher and a professor at Harvard University. William Hurlbut may refer to William B Hurlbut, Consulting Professor in the Neuroscience Institute at Stanford University William J In these appearances, he has consistently argued against restrictions on life science research including funding bans on stem cell research, moratoriums on cloning, overly protective pharmaceutical regulatory controls, and efforts to constrain anti-aging research.

Education

He received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1987, where he was a Baker Scholar and won the Freund-Porter Entrepreneurship award. Harvard Business School ( HBS) is a renowned Business school in the United States Stock completed a doctorate in biophysics from Johns Hopkins University in 1977, where he received a BS and MS in 1971. A doctorate is an Academic degree that indicates the highest level of academic achievement

Published Books

Dr. Stock has written well-regarded works on the impact and significance of recent advances in technology and the life sciences, and several bestsellers on values and ethics. His Book of Questions series, which consists of four eclectic collections of provocative situational dilemmas, was designed to generate discussion and thought about value-laden issues. The series has sold more than three million copies in total, been translated into 17 languages, and spawned a host of imitations. The original Book of Questions was number 1 on the New York Times Bestseller's list for 8 weeks.

His books on technology, public policy and future human evolution are:

Redesigning humans won the Kistler Award [2] for science writing. Stock has also written numerous articles and papers on these topics.

Selected Public Appearances

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Selected Articles

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