David A. Prentice, Ph.D

David A. Prentice is a Senior Fellow for Life Sciences, Family Research Council, formerly Professor of Life Sciences at Indiana State University, and Adjunct Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics for Indiana University School of Medicine. He is a Founding Member of Do No Harm: The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics, a Fellow of the Council for Biotechnology Policy of the Wilberforce Forum, and an Advisory Board Member for the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity. He has provided scientific advice for U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, U.S. Rep. Dave Weldon, other Members of Congress and the administration, and international legislators and organizations. He has served as Acting Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences, Assistant Chair of Life Sciences, and been recognized with the University's Distinguished Teaching Award and Distinguished Service Award. His research investigates cell growth control; one current focus of his laboratory is adult stem cells. Dr. Prentice has provided expert testimony on the topics of cloning, stem cells, and bioethics before the U.S. Senate and House, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the U.S. President's Council on Bioethics, European Parliament, British Parliament, Canadian Parliament, Australian Parliament, German Bundestag, French Senate, and United Nations. He has given frequent invited lectures and media interviews regarding stem cell research, cloning, and bioethics.

Representative Articles

E.J Rayhel, J.P. Hughes, D.A. Svihla, and D.A. Prentice
Growth and protein phosphorylation in the Nb2 lymphoma: Effect of prolactin, cAMP and agents that activate adenylate cyclase,
43 J. Cell. Biochem. 327-337 (1990).

M.T. Fox, D.A. Prentice, and J.P. Hughes
Increases in p11 and annexin II proteins correlate with differentiation in the PC12 pheochromocytoma
177Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 1188-1193 (1991).

N. Meyer, D.A. Prentice, M.T. Fox, and J.P. Hughes
Prolactin-induced proliferation of the Nb2 T-lymphoma is associated with protein kinase-C-independent phosphorylation of stathmin
131 Endocrinology 1977-1984 (1992)

W.H. Flurkey, M. Kelley, J.P. Hughes, T.J. Mulkey, and D.A. Prentice
Identification of stathmin-like proteins in plants
36 Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 449-455 (1998)

Brave New World of Genetic Engineering
1Ethics and Genetics, National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 529-539 (2001).

W. Ko, M.T. Johnson, D.A. Prentice, J.P. Hughes
Stathmin expression in the placenta and embryonic brain
110 Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 35-40 (2001)

The Case Against Federal Funding of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
II Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics 201-209 (Fall 2001)

C.S. King, W. Ko, J.J. Aloor, D.A. Prentice, J.P. Hughes
Stathmin binds Hsp70 in the Nb2 lymphoma
112 Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 1-8 (2003)

S. Chandra, R Kapur, N. Chuzhanova, V. Summey, D.A. Prentice, J. Barker, D. Cooper, D.A. Williams
A rare complex DNA rearrangement in the murine Steel gene results in exon duplication and a lethal phenotype
102 Blood 3548-3555 (November 15, 2003)

Science and Ethics: The Intertwined Debate on Stem Cells
95 Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences 6-7 (November 2003)

Cloning and Cultures: Perspectives on legislative decisions regarding human cloning
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs (2004)

Representative Books, Book Chapters, Monographs

Stem Cells and Cloning
(Michael A. Palladino, ed.), (Pearson Education/Benjamin-Cummings 2002)

Ethics and Biotechnology
287-304 (William J. Thieman and Michael A. Palladino, eds.) (Pearson Education/Benjamin-Cummings 2003)

The Present and Future of Stem Cell Research: Scientific, Ethical and Public Policy Perspectives
chapter in Stem Cell Research: New Frontiers in Science and Ethics (Nancy E. Snow, ed.) (University of Notre Dame Press 2003)

Adult Stem Cells
Appendix K in Monitoring Stem Cell Research: A Report of the President's Council on Bioethics, 309-346. (Government Printing Office: Washington 2004)
http://bioethics.gov/reports/stemcell/ pcbe_final_version_monitoring_stem_cell_research.pdf

Adult Stem Cells
19 Issues in Law & Medicine 265-294 (Spring 2004)

The Biotech Revolution: The Major Issues
chapter in The Bioethics Challenge (Charles Colson and Nigel Cameron, eds.) (InterVarsity Press 2004)