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Bruce Alberts | wiki |
Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at University of California, San Francisco. Alberts was president of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. from 1993 to 2005. He is known for his work in biochemistry and molecular biology, in particular for his extensive study of the protein complexes that allow chromosomes to be replicated.
Alberts joined the faculty of
Princeton University in 1966 and after ten years moved to the Department
of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco,
where he became chair. He is one of the original authors of "The Molecular
Biology of the Cell," through 4 editions the leading advanced textbook
in this important field. For the period 2000 to 2009, Dr. Alberts serves
as Co-chair of the InterAcademy Council, a new advisory institution in
Amsterdam governed by the presidents of the science academies of 15 different
nations. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Corporation
of New York, and he is an Overseer of Harvard University.
Francisco J. Ayala
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University Professor and Donald
Bren Professor of Biological Sciences
at the University of California,
Irvine.
On 12 June 2002, President George W. Bush awarded him the National Medal of Science at the White House. From 1994 to 2001, Ayala was a member of the U.S. President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology.
He has been President and Chairman
of the Board of
the American Association for
the Advancement of Science (1993-1996).
Ayala is currently President
of Sigma Xi,
The Scientific Research Society
of the U.S.
He has published more than 850
articles and is the author or editor of 20 books. His scientific research
focuses on population and evolutionary genetics, including the origin of
species, genetic diversity of populations, the origin of malaria, the population
structure of parasitic protozoa, and the molecular clock of evolution
Ariff Bongso
a Sri Lanka -- born embryologist
at the National University of Singapore,
became the first person to isolate
human embryonic stem cells, and
in 2002 he discovered a way
to grow stem-cell lines without the use of animal cells,
which could make it easier to
find clinical uses in human beings.
Bongso achieved those breakthroughs
nearly alone,
but that would not be the case
anymore, thanks to Biopolis,
the government's $300 million
bet on bioscience.
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Scientific | Book
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Biopolis
Biopolis - a centre for biomedical
sciences in Asia and the world
Located within one-north and
in close proximity to the National University of Singapore, National University
Hospital and the Singapore Science Parks, Biopolis is envisioned to be
a world-class biomedical sciences research and development (R&D) hub
in Asia. This campus is dedicated to providing space for biomedical R&D
activities and it is an environment that fosters a collaborative culture
among the private and public research community | site
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Biopolis Johns
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Dr. Alexis Carrell | Biography
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Francis Crick | wiki |
Book: "Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code" by MATT RIDLEY
Francis Crick (1916-2004)
Best known for his codiscovery
of the structure of DNA alongside James Watson, Crick is a canonical figure
in modern science; award-winning British science writer Ridley (The Agile
Gene) is an expert and distinguished author of popular books on biological
science... this spare, straightforward volume is a more fitting tribute
to a scientist who lived a relatively modest public life while striving
to understand the basic workings of life and consciousness.
"Because of the momentous nature
of his discovery Francis Crick must eventually be bracketed with Galileo,
Darwin, and Einstein as one of the great scientists of all times, he trained
his mind to be exquisitely good at solving nature’s puzzles using logic,
had the courage to take on the biggest problems, and threw himself exuberantly
into the task, never letting prejudice stand in the way of reason. Throughout,
he stayed true to himself: ebullient, loquacious, charming, sceptical,
tenacious." Ridley, a well-known British science writer, unfolds Crick’s
life from its modest beginnings on "a middle-class street in a middle-size
town in the . . . English Midlands" through his uninspired physics career
(six years designing magnetic mines for the Royal Navy) to his sudden switch
into biology at the age of 31, when "with the bravado of a bankrupt gambler,"
he tried to decide what he would solve first, "the secret of the brain
or the secret of life." In a stunning combination of visual and intellectual
imagination, he and James Watson figured out the double helix of DNA, the
secret of life. At age 60 he immigrated to California and focused his logic
and energy on the nature of consciousness. He died in 2004, at 88, still
working on this second quest.
Michael Fossel
professor of clinical medicine
at Michigan State University
"Telomeres are the clocks of
aging."
1998 LE Interview
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of Anti-Aging |
Matthew Gardner
president of BayBio
which represents biotech firms in the Bay Area
Leonard Hayflick
: Wiki | biography
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-- Professor of Anatomy at the
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
-- Professor of Medical Microbiology
at Stanford University School of Medicine
-- Gerontological Society of
America
Gail Martin
UCSF
Lab |
Dr. Gail Martin has been at UCSF since 1976. She is a Professor in the Department of Anatomy, and head of the Program in Biological Sciences (PIBS) in Developmental Biology.
Stem cells, a term coined by
UCSF researcher Gail Martin in 1981, are not equally
potent for all the reasons described. The differences might seem small,
but in a political and scientific environment already so highly charged,
defining terms disarms the devious or the merely misinformed.
Don Reed
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Chairperson Californians for
Cures |
James Sherley
an associate professor of biological
engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who objects to
embryonic cell use on moral grounds, said adult stem cells “can do everything
we need’’ to provide therapies. But many other scientists say there are
problems in isolating and multiplying adult stem cells.
site: http://web.mit.edu/be/people/sherley.htm
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Jack Szostack
Harvard Medical School Lab
site: http://genetics.mgh.harvard.edu/szostakweb/
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NOVA |
Bernard Siegal, J.D. : http://bernardsiegel.com/ |
site: http://genpol.org/ |
James Thomson: http://www.news.wisc.edu/packages/stemcells/thomson_bio.html |
University of Wisconsin researcher who successfully isolated human embryonic stem cells.
James Watson : Book: The Double Helix
video: Watson on Charlie Rose | wiki |
Dr. Otto Warburg - Biography |
In 1933, Dr. Warburg discovered oxygen-transferring enzymes of cell respiration, and in 1944 he discovered the active groups of the hydrogen transferring enzymes. Cancer is not compatible with a healthy pH environment full of oxygen. Note that primary cancer of the heart does not exist. Why? Because blood flowing from the lungs into the heart is at its highest pH and highest oxygen level than found anywhere else in the entire body. As blood travels through the lungs, acidic toxins are removed from the system, and oxygen drawn in. water|water II |
Michael West | wiki | PBS News Hour 1 | News Hour 2 |
Dr. Michael D. West is the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Scientific Officer, and former CEO of Advanced Cell Technology Corporation, which specializes in Stem Cell research. Dr. West was the founder of Geron Corporation and served as its Director and Senior Executive Officer from 1990 to 1998. Dr. West's 2003 book The Immortal Cell (ISBN 0385509286) tells his personal story of his religious, business and scientific struggles to deal with the problem of human aging.
He was the first person to clone human embryos and grow them to the six-cell stage.