Stuart A. Newman, Ph.D.

Stuart A. Newman is Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at New York Medical College, where he directs a research program in developmental biology. He has contributed to several scientific fields, including cell differentiation, theory of biochemical networks and cell pattern formation, protein folding and assembly, and mechanisms of morphological evolution. He was a founding member of the Council for Responsible Genetics and has testified before Congressional committees on issues ranging from patenting of organisms to human stem cells and cloning. He has also been a consultant to the National Institutes of Health on policy regarding the use of human fetal tissue for research. In response to the growth in patenting of life forms and the emergence of technologies that threaten to blur the boundary between human and nonhuman organisms, Dr. Newman has applied for a patent on human-chimp chimeras (mixed species organisms) as a challenge to existing patent policy, and a way to prevent inappropriate uses of the technology.

Online Articles

The Hazards of Human Developmental Gene Modification
Council for Responsible Genetics website, http://www.gene-watch.org/programs/cloning/hazards.html.

Yuppie Eugenics - Creating a world with genetic haves and have–nots Z Magazine Online website, http://www.zmag.org/ZMag/articles/march02hubbard-newman.htm (with Ruth Hubbard)

Don't Try To Engineer Human Embryos
Council for Responsible Genetics website, http://www.gene-watch.org/programs/cloning/don%27t-engineer.html.

Ban Human Cloning Right Now
Center for Genetics and Society website, http://www.genetics-and-society.org/resources/items/20010803_globe_norsigian.html
(with Judy Norsigian) (August 3, 2001).

Testimony

Prepared Witness Testimony
The Committee on Energy and Commerce
H.R. 1644, Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001, and H.R.____, Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001
Subcommittee on Health
June 20, 2001
10:15 AM
2123 Rayburn House Office Building