About Lu
Luman R. Wing received an MTh in theological ethics and a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and has over thirty-five years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry as a toxicologist.
He worked as Adjunct Professor at the University of San Diego, Azusa Pacific University, and Trinity International University, where he taught undergraduate courses in microbiology and graduate courses in bioethics.
Lu is currently a pharmaceutical consultant, and active member of the American Society of Human Genetics, and a consultant with the BIOCOM interdisciplinary research team in cell and gene therapy. He serves on the board of several ministries.
He and his wife, Pam, runs Lu & Pam Wing Ministry. Pam is an accomplished harpist, who is available for special music at your church or ministry at harpwing.com.
Available to speak
Lu is available to speak at your church or ministry.
Some of the topics that Lu speaks on include:
– Recent advances in cell and gene therapies – bioethics and the Christian response
– Epigenetics – how environment shapes our genes
– Theological Epigenetics – perspectives on addiction, trauma and gender
– Ethical challenges of gene editing and the human genome
– Somatic theology – perspectives on the Levitical offerings
and so much more….
Publications
Lu is a published author.
His most recent publication is chapter 10 in the book “On Gene Editing, from Taking Persons Seriously, Guta and Rae, editors (2024)”
In this chapter, he examines the science and ethical implications of gene editing. This is a fairly recent biotechnological advancement. In Lu’s words….
“I begin with an overview of the biology of gene editing, referred to as the CRISPR-Cas9 (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats-CRISPR-associated protein 9) technology. I will then discuss how gene editing technology has recently emerged as a new methodology that is…