Professor Austin Smith has expertise in the field of mouse developmental biology and has pioneered key advances in
the field of Embryonic Stem Cell research.
Not exact matches
This barrier has been highly visible in the
field of human
embryonic stem cell research, where researchers in the United States must adhere to legislation and funding limitations that researchers in European countries have not faced.
Will induced pluripotent
stem cells (iPSCs) finally replace human
embryonic stem cells (hESCs) in the
field of regenerative medical
research?
Collins warned
of a «cloud hanging over this
field,»
of top US scientists potentially being driven into other disciplines or other countries, and
of «severe collateral damage» to the burgeoning
field of induced pluripotent
stem cell research, which, he argued, relies on human
embryonic stem cells as a «gold standard» comparator.
Dr. Yamanaka's Nobel prize - winning discovery
of a way to turn adult skin
cells into so - called induced pluripotent
stem cells (iPS
cells) that act like
embryonic stem cells has radically advanced the
fields of cell biology and
stem -
cell research.
Last week, a ruling by federal Judge Royce C. Lamberth left many human
embryonic stem cell (hESC) researchers not only scrambling for funding and concerned about the future
of their own
research, but also concerned for the future
of the whole
field in this country.
In 2004, this editorial page backed Proposition 71, a $ 3 billion ballot measure meant to bypass then - President George W. Bush's ban on human
embryonic stem cell research and to put California in the forefront
of this hugely promising
field.
Many states, such as California, are pushing forward public funding for the rapidly growing
field of research while Michigan has outlawed
embryonic stem cell research.
Dr. Yamanaka's 2006 discovery
of a way to turn adult skin
cells into
cells that act like
embryonic stem cells has radically advanced the
fields of cell biology and
stem -
cell research.