Education
University of Utah.
University of Utah.
He did postdoctoral training in hematology-oncology at the University of Utah and was at the University of California, San Francisco before going to University of California, Los Los Angeles His research has been in cell biology, molecular biology, and genetics. Doctor Cline was the first to successfully transfer a functioning gene into a living mouse, creating the first transgenic organism. His research has also pertained to the molecular genetic alterations in cancer, especially in leukemia.
In 1980, Doctor Martin Cline conducted a rDNA transfer into the bone marrow cells of two patients with hereditary blood disorders.
He did so in direct opposition to National Institute of Health gene therapy guidelines and without the approval of the Institutional Review Board at the University of California Los Angeles (University of California, Los Angeles), where his research was conducted. The ethical concerns that were generated prompted a call for review by a number of organizations – including the National Council of Churches, Synagogue Council of America, and the United States Catholic Conference.
Consequently, Doctor Cline was forced to resign his department chairmanship at University of California, Los Angeles and lost several research grants.