Michael D. West

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Dr. Michael D. West is CEO of BioTime, Inc., of Emeryville, California, a company engaged in stem cell research and development, development of low temperature medicine (ice cold suspended animation technologies), and development of artificial blood plasma solutions for the treatment for blood loss due to trauma and elective surgery. He is also Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He was Chairman of the Board, Chief Scientific Officer, and former CEO of Advanced Cell Technology Corporation, which specializes in stem cell research.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Dr. West also founded Geron Corporation, a biotechnology company based in Menlo Park, California, and served as its Director and Senior Executive Officer from 1990 to 1998. The company was incorporated in 1990 and began doing business in 1992. Geron Corporation focuses on creating drugs based on telomere and stem cell research^[5].

West has been featured in numerous news media reports concerning somatic cell nuclear transfer technology, and has testified before the U.S. Congress on this subject. His 2003 book The Immortal Cell (ISBN 0-385-50928-6) tells the story of his personal struggles in researching regenerative medicine and the problem of human aging.

[edit] See also

• Gerontology

[edit] External links

• Dr. West's webpage
• Dr. West's Biography
• Advanced Cell Technology
• Video: The Stem Cell ControversyJanuary 18, 2006, Woodrow Wilson Center event featuring Robin Cook (novelist), William B. Hurlbut, and Michael D. West
• The Prospects of Human Life Extension recorded November 2004 at the Long Now Foundation
• Therapeutic Cloning Under Fire: An Interview with Michael D. West, PhD, cover story, Life Extension Magazine, March 2002
• Interview of Michael West on new breakthroughs in anti-aging cloning research, by Life Extension Magazine, March 18, 2000

[edit] References

1. ^ "The Hunt For The Youth Pill From cell-immortalizing drugs to cloned organs, biotech finds new ways to fight against time's toll", CNNMoney.com, October 11, 1999. 
2. ^ "The Recycled Generation: Stem-cell research holds the promise of an endless supply of new body parts, but it's bogged down in abortion politics and corporate rivalries, and shadowed by the possibility that the result might not be so great after all", New York Times, January 30, 2000. 
3. ^ "The First Clone: Scientists have finally cloned a human embryo. The breakthrough promises cures for terrible diseases", U.S. News & World Report, November 25, 2001. 
4. ^ "Advanced Cell Technology Catapults Itself Into The Big League", Equities Magazine, July 2007. 
5. ^ The Bulletin - Philadelphia's Family Newspaper - Deja Vu All Over Again With Stem Cells