Bruce Lipton
<p><strong>Bruce Harold Lipton</strong> (born October 21, 1944 at <a title="Mount Kisco, New York" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kisco,_New_York">Mount Kisco, New York</a>), is an American <a class="mw-redirect" title="Developmental biologist" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developmental_biologist">developmental biologist</a> best known for promoting the idea that <a title="Gene expression" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_expression">gene expression</a> can be influenced (via <a title="Epigenetics" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetics">epigenetics</a>) by environmental factors i.e. people have a greater impact on their health than genetic research has previously determined. He is the author of the book, <em>The Biology of Belief</em>, and is a former researcher at <a title="Stanford University School of Medicine" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University_School_of_Medicine">Stanford University’s School of Medicine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-lipton_1-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lipton#cite_note-lipton-1">[1]</a></sup></p>
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<h2><span id="Biography" class="mw-headline">Biography</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a title="Edit section: Biography" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bruce_Lipton&action=edit&section=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<p>Lipton received a B.A. in biology from <a class="mw-redirect" title="C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.W.Post_Campus_of_Long_Island_University">C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University</a> in 1966 and a PhD in developmental biology from the <a title="University of Virginia" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Virginia">University of Virginia</a> in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-lipton_1-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lipton#cite_note-lipton-1">[1]</a></sup> From 1973 to 1982, he taught <a title="Anatomy" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomy">anatomy</a> at the <a class="mw-redirect" title="University of Wisconsin" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin">University of Wisconsin School Of Medicine</a>, before joining <a title="St. George's University" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.George%27s_University">St. George's University</a> School of Medicine as a professor of anatomy for three years.<sup id="cite_ref-lipton_1-2" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lipton#cite_note-lipton-1">[1]</a></sup> Lipton has said that sometime in the 1980s he abandoned his lifelong atheism and came to believe that the way cells functioned demonstrated the existence of God.<sup id="cite_ref-SFGate_2-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lipton#cite_note-SFGate-2">[2]</a></sup></p>
<p>From 1987 to 1992, Lipton was involved in research at <a class="mw-redirect" title="Penn State" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_State">Penn State</a> and <a title="Stanford University Medical Center" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University_Medical_Center">Stanford University Medical Center</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-lipton_1-3" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lipton#cite_note-lipton-1">[1]</a></sup> Since 1993, Lipton has been teaching in non-tenure positions at different universities.<sup id="cite_ref-lipton_1-4" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lipton#cite_note-lipton-1">[1]</a></sup> His publications consist mainly of research on the development of muscle cells.<sup id="cite_ref-publications_3-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lipton#cite_note-publications-3">[3]</a></sup></p>
<p>Lipton has appeared as a guest on several radio shows, as well as <em><a class="new" title="The Elaine Smitha Show (page does not exist)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Elaine_Smitha_Show&action=edit&redlink=1">The Elaine Smitha Show</a></em> and <em><a title="The Joe Rogan Experience" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joe_Rogan_Experience">The Joe Rogan Experience</a></em> podcast,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lipton#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lipton#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> and was featured in the 2009 documentary <em>Kymatica</em>, discussing the concepts of love and fear in their relation to the body.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lipton#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> He was the recipient of the 2009 Goi Peace Award, "in recognition of his pioneering work in the field of New Biology"<sup id="cite_ref-Goi_7-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lipton#cite_note-Goi-7">[7]</a></sup> He has been a speaker at the <a title="Institute of Noetic Sciences" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Noetic_Sciences">Institute of Noetic Sciences</a>' 13th international conference,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lipton#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> the <a class="new" title="Spiritual Science Fellowship (page does not exist)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spiritual_Science_Fellowship&action=edit&redlink=1">Spiritual Science Fellowship</a>International Conference,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lipton#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> and various other conventions.</p>