Douglas A. Melton.

• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 291, Nº. 6, 2004, págs. 58-58
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Reports on the discoveries of Douglas A. Melton, of Harvard University, which illuminate the nature of stem cell research. Last year Douglas Melton made a discovery that both advanced the understanding of diabetes and cast doubt on an argument the President George W. Bush administration had used to defend its tight restrictions on federally funded research into embryonic stem cells. The finding was extraordinarily important for diabetes research, which is looking for sources of beta cells that will be accepted by the immune systems of patients with type 1 diabetes who lack such cells and must therefore inject insulin. Melton's scientific eminence has made him a particularly effective opponent of the administration's near ban on funding embryo research.