Content by John Loike, PhD

John Loike is an American research biologist and bioethicist at Touro University.

Loike has a Ph.D from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. His research focuses on the role of inflammation in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. He has published many articles in leading scientific journals including Science, Nature, Journal of Experimental Medicine, Journal of Cell Biology, New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, PNAS, PlosOne, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Scientist. In addition he has authored or co-authored several books.

He is the Director for Special Programs for the Center for Bioethics in Columbia University and is a faculty member of the Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is also the founder and faculty editor of the Columbia University Journal of Bioethics.

Loike has published many ground-breaking articles on bioethics and specifically deals with bioethics from a Jewish perspective, for which he often teams with Rabbi Dr. Moshe David Tendler. His articles have dealt with such issues as stem cells, cloning, neuroethics, bioterrorism, and the interface of science and religion.