Douglas Melton
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| Douglas A. Melton | |
| Born | September 26, 1953 |
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| Institutions | Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences, Harvard University Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois, B.S. Biology
Cambridge University, B.A. History and Philosophy of Science Cambridge University, Ph.D. Molecular Biology |
| Notable awards | George Ledlie Prize, Richard Lounsbery Award, Eliot P. Joslin Medal |
Douglas A. Melton is co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. His research into stem cell therapies is motivated in part by his children's affliction with Type 1 diabetes. He is known for pioneering work in developmental biology of the pancreas.
In 2001 when President George W. Bush cut federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, Melton used private donations to create 17 published[1] stem cell lines and distribute them without charge to researchers around the world.
In 2007, Melton was listed among Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in The World. Melton was a founding director of the International Society for Stem Cell Research and currently serves on the Science Advisory Board of the Genetics Policy Institute.
[edit] Sources
- Douglas Melton - the Time 100
[edit] References
- ^ Cowan, C.A. et al. "Derivation of Embryonic Stem-Cell Lines from Human Blastocysts", New England Journal of Medicine
[edit] External Links
- Human Embryonic Stem (HUES) Cell Collection
- The Melton Laboratory
- Doug Melton Faculty Webpage
- 2 Melton children suffering juvenile diabetes, on which father works
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