Dr. West
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Dr. West recently spoke with Tim Darnell of News radio 1067 (WYAY-FM) about his crowdfunding campaign for endangered species preservation. He discussed how skin samples can be taken from such animal sources, and then be turned into a stem cell, which can subsequently develop into a sperm cell. Using such techniques in the lab can…
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Dr. West, along with Dr. Steve Stice, have newly returned from a trip to Nanning, China where they gave a lectures at Guangxi University. In his presentation, Dr. West discussed the use of stem cells to develop transgenic animals with improved agricultural characteristics. During their visit, Dr. West and Dr. Stice also took some time…
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Dr. West was recognized by Diverse Magazine as an Emerging Scholar in 2012. The article profiles him and 11 other emerging scholars from various disciplines. Read more about it at Diverse Magazine Emerging Scholars in 2012.
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India is rapidly growing country with millions of people to feed. To produce more and better quality dairy products and meat, livestock biotechnology is seen as the way of the future, particularly stem cell technology. Livestock stem cells can be genetically manipulated to generate cows that have increased milk yields, larger chickens or buffalo that…
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