Dr. Newman earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1970 at the University of Chicago. His post-doc studies included work at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, United Kingdom. He teaches in the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy at New York Medical College, in Valhalla New York.

Dr. Newman co-founded the Council on Responsible Genetics, which is based in Washington D.C. He is also known for his application for a patent on a method for making creatures that are part human and part animal. He did this in order to raise a debate about the morality of patenting life forms and engineering human beings, which he considers unethical and immoral. Dr. Newman terms such creatures as animal-human "chimeras". This name refers to the beast in Greek mythology that had a lion's head, goat's body and serpent's tail.

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