The new stem cell work was done by researchers at the University of Wisconsin and Kyoto University in Japan, and published in the journals Science and Cell.
Now fast-forward to May of last year, when Venter and his team reported in Science (The Creation of a Bacterial Cell Controlled by a Chemically Synthesized Genome in Science), the successful generation of a cell directed entirely by a synthetic genome, programmed from a computer and synthesized piece by piece.
This idea of self-treatment is one of the reasons adult stem-cell science is so fashionable.
Funding is mostly by private donations but the foundation also receives support from New York state Stem Cell Science.
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The citation for his knighthood credits Prof Wilmut with "revolutionising" biology through the cloning technique which underpins the science of stem cell technology.
The best-known of the new knights is Professor Wilmut, who is said to have revolutionised biology by successfully pioneering the cloning technique that underpins the science of stem cell technology.
Several companies are already seeking to take advantage of the new field, called synthetic biology, which combines chemistry, computer science, molecular biology, genetics and cell biology to breed industrial life forms that can secrete fuels, vaccines or other commercial products.
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The life-and-death question is whether these efforts and the largesse of Eli Broad and other patrons of science will be enough to let the U.S. lead the stem-cell revolution.
Michelle placed second in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search competition for an experiment measuring alertness and anxiety among teenagers separated from their cell phones.
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Speaking at the headquarters of the 3M Company, which makes products ranging from post-it notes to high-tech fuels cell components, he called for tax credits for business research, increased money for federal science programs, and he talked about the need to improve math and science skills of American high school students.
The science director of the Fight SMA organization, Chris Lorson, told CNN there is no proven stem-cell treatment for the disease.
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