Yet many in the biotechnology industry are likely still wondering how to best take full advantage of this singular event, in order to persuade more people (including public officials) that its technology will beneficially transform food production worldwide, as well as ensure a stronger role for objective scientific thought in the ongoing discussion.
We work closely with governments, policy makers, education leaders and many partners, including Intel, Dell, UNESCO and British Council, to transform teaching practices and education quality, deploy technology into more schools and get access to technology in the hands of more children around the world, including those in poverty-stricken communities.
With the help of certain "growth" chemicals, they were able to transform the stem cells into "various cell lines and tissues, including beating human heart cells, " said Shoukhrat Mitalipov, a developmental biologist at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Ore.