Saint-Gobain Crystals Announces Opening of New Production Facility in Hiram, Ohio Jul 22, 2008
Jacques Aschenbroich, President and Chief Executive Officer of Saint- Gobain in North America, said, "The Hiram facility was designed to maximize production efficiency. It will help us develop our scintillation and detector business, and will serve as a model in our industry for many years to come." Said James Thomson, President of Saint-Gobain Crystals, "This investment represents a strong commitment by Saint-Gobain to Northeast Ohio. The knowledge, skill and experience of our local workforce... (PR Newswire)
> Consumer groups file appeal to WARF stem cell patents Jul 19, 2008
The groups had argued that the work done by University of Wisconsin researcher James Thomson to isolate stem cell lines was obvious in the light of previous scientific research, making his work unpatentable. The groups claimed the three WARF patents were "impeding scientific progress and driving vital stem cell research overseas.". (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
Clive Palmer's cliffhanger Jul 4, 2008
11:23 AM, 4 Jul 2008 James Thomson. Clive Palmer's cliffhanger. (Business Spectator)
More Scientists Consider Embryo-Free Stem Cells Jun 12, 2008
James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who announced last November's simultaneously with scientists at Japan's Kyoto University. ASCC scientist Andrew Laslett said this week the center believes it's too early to draw conclusions about which types of cells -- embryonic, cloned embryonic, adult or iPS -- would ultimately prove most useful in the search for therapies for diseases. (CNSnews.com)
Oconee County police blotter Jun 11, 2008
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Direct fuel investment Jun 9, 2008
6:26 AM, 9 Jun 2008 James Thomson. Direct fuel investment. (Business Spectator)
Fixing Pharma May 30, 2008
"You should be able to get rid of some of the nasty drugs before they even hit clinical trials," says uw-Madison stem cell pioneer James Thomson. "And we're able to do that today.". (Forbes -- Business)
Stem Cells Get Real May 29, 2008
Matthew Herper James Thomson on why the cells' promise lies in drug discovery and why he has decided to start a biotech company. see also. (Forbes -- Business)
Special Report: The World's Billionaires May 5, 2008
Additional reporting: Susan Adams, Holly Anderson, Maggie Chen, Shu-Ching Jean Chen, Bernard Condon, Carrie Coolidge, Forbes Poland, Christopher Helman, Soyoung Ho, Deborah Orr, Lucinda Schmidt, Lauren Streib, James Thomson, Tim Treadgold, Nathan Vardi, Vivian Wai-yin Kwok. Photo research: Gail Toivanen Database: Mitchel Rand. (Forbes)
Stem-cell method hailed as 'massive breakthrough' May 4, 2008
This photo provided by the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows developmental biologist and professor of anatomy James Thomson looking at a stem-cell culture in the university's Thomson lab ... At the University of Wisconsin, stem-cell pioneer James Thomson was performing similar experiments with skin cells taken from the foreskins of newborn babies. (Globe and Mail)
Communication Studies Society 6th Annual Fashion Show hits the runway Apr 3, 2008
Issue date: 4/3/08 Section. Anxious students chatted with one another in their seats in the Burney Center Ballroom. (The Seahawk, NC)
What Did the Wisconsin Legislature Accomplish? Mar 21, 2008
In the past few weeks, three important stem cell patents for work done by UW Researcher Dr. James Thomson have withstood challenges from California schools. - Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-Madison) says there is an important issue involving seniors and the economic stimulus rebate checks to be distributed over the next several months. (Agri-View, WI)
Stem-cell patents confirmed Mar 18, 2008
The challengers claimed that the research carried out by University of Wisconsin stem-cell researcher James Thomson was not novel enough to earn the patents, that the patents were unjustly broad in their scope, and that they were stifling stem-cell research. On 11 March, WARF released documents in which the patent office affirmed the validity of the two WARF patents, reversing its preliminary decision in March 2007 to overturn them. (Nature News Service)
Top 10 Scientific Discoveries Mar 8, 2008
In November, Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University and molecular biologist James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin reported that they had reprogrammed regular skin cells to behave just like embryonic stem cells. The breakthrough may someday allow scientists to create stem cells without destroying embryos sidestepping the sticky ethical issues and opposition from the U.S. government that surround embryonic stem-cell research but that day is still a ways off. (Time.com)
First of three contested stem-cell patents upheld Mar 6, 2008
The patent is one of three on work led by James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin. The other two cover methods for deriving primate embryonic stem cells including human ones and the cells themselves. (Nature News Service)
U.S. upholds key stem cell patent held by University of Wisconsin group Mar 1, 2008
The patents are for discoveries made by University of Wisconsin-Madison scientist James Thomson. He was the first to isolate embryonic stem cells, which have great medical potential because they can turn into any type of cell in the body. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Safer Stem Cells? Feb 28, 2008
"Until the work goes through [peer-review], it would be difficult to evaluate," says James Thomson, the researcher at University of Wisconsin, Madison, who created the first embryonic stem cells in 1998. George Daley, of Harvard University, said he was "pretty suspicious of publication by press release.". (Forbes -- Business)
Slow Calif. science plan a lesson for Mass. Feb 11, 2008
For instance, the institute says James Thomson, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, moved to the University of California, Santa Barbara. But Thomson simply opened a satellite lab in Santa Barbara, school officials said. (Boston Globe)
The State of Human Life Feb 3, 2008
In November, James Thomson, a Wisconsin scientist, was able to do produce the same pluripotent stem cells from human cells ... In November, James Thomson, a Wisconsin scientist, was able to do produce the same pluripotent stem cells from human cells. (Townhall.com)
James M. Belli Jan 29, 2008
Codman merges with Newmark Knight Frank - Boston Business Journal. Members: Not Registered. (Boston Business Journal, MA)
On Your Mind Jan 29, 2008
Isn t it amazing we see and read so little in the mainstream media about the scientific breakthrough by James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin and Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto, who discovered a way to produce embryonic stem cells directly from adult cells. No embryos are destroyed. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Dr. Frankenstein Plods On Jan 25, 2008
But, to quote James Thomson, a leading researcher in the field, "If human embryonic stem cell research does not make you at least a little uncomfortable, you have not thought about it enough.". Some of the same arguments once used against experimentation with embryonic stem cells - for example, that it might result in deformations - are now being rolled out against the new, artificially created ones. (Townhall.com)
UW patent arm licenses stem cell technology Jan 10, 2008
The patents and patent applications licensed to BioTime relate to technology created by UW-Madison researcher James Thomson. Related Industry News. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
Britannia bard's tribute boosted Jan 8, 2008
Kelso-born poet James Thomson penned the verse which was later put to music in the 18th century. His importance is recognised by the Thomson Monument situated on a hillside near Ednam in the Scottish Borders. (BBC News -- UK)
A special issue of the International Journal of Plant Sciences Jan 7, 2008
James Thomson and Paul Wilson follow with a paper that also studies the blue-to-red change, but they consider the ecological and genetic mechanisms that might account for the destabilization of pollination syndromes. Risa Sargent and Jana Vamosi further explore this topic in their paper, which investigates the extent to which ecological context influences evolutionary transitions in the degree of pollinator specialization. (EurekAlert!)
The Year in Review: Science Dec 29, 2007
Professor James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who in 1998 was the first scientist to isolate human embryonic stem cells, mirrored the Japanese findings with his own research (published in the journal Science) and exclaimed that the "the world has changed" because of it. It could mean, for instance, that there would be no need to make human embryos bitterly opposed in the White House and Vatican in the search to find easy ways of making embryonic stem cells from a patient's skin... (Independent)
News 2007 - Premium content Dec 28, 2007
Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University in Japan and his colleagues and James Thomson at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and his co-workers separately managed to create pluripotent stem cells from human skin. Reported on the same day in November, the cells can differentiate into any tissue type, and raise hopes that regenerative medicine will be possible from cells other than human embryonic stem cells. (Nature News Service)
Year in science review: Global warming, new species Dec 26, 2007
The Science study was from Junying Yu and James Thomson at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The new technique uses a chemical cocktail that contains gene-controlling proteins to turn the skin cells back to their pluripotent, or unlimited, state. (USA Today -- Tech)
Father Raymond J. De Souza: A win for science and human dignity Dec 21, 2007
It's a health story, a science story, a morality story and a human dignity story: the stem cell breakthrough reported last month in research papers by Dr. Shinya Yamanaka and Dr. James Thomson. For years, there have been high expectations for future therapies resulting from the use of embryonic stem cells, which, being "pluripotent," can be transformed into virtually any kind of body tissue. (National Post)
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2007: Stem cell breakthroughs to superbugs Dec 19, 2007
Dr. Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University ignited this revolution first by himself using mice cells, then later in the year in competing papers with Dr. James Thomson of University of Wisconsin in human cells. Until these results, embryonic stem cells which have the potential to become any cell in the body could only be generated by destroying either eggs or embryos. (MSNBC -- Health)
Science's ethical debate nears end Dec 14, 2007
"It's going to completely change the field," says Professor James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who started, and has now possibly ended, one of the most turbulent episodes in medical research. In 1998 his team announced it had extracted embryonic stem cells from an excess IVF embryo. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Stem cell trailblazer puts Japan at fore Dec 12, 2007
The other group was led by James Thomson at the University of Wisconsin, one of the first scientists to isolate human embryonic stem cells. Today in Asia - Pacific. (International Herald Tribune)
A simpler recipe for human stem cells Dec 3, 2007
Last week James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin in Madison and his colleagues also reported a success with four factors that did not include c-myc. But Thomson's result needs further work. (Nature News Service)
Cancer breakthrough in stem cell study Dec 2, 2007
Earlier this month, teams led by Yamanaka and James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin in Madison each reported separately that they had used four genes to transform ordinary skin cells called fibroblasts into induced pluripotent stem cells - iPS cells for short. Their reports showed a way to get perfectly matched cells from patients that have at least some of the powers of embryonic stem cells, but without having to use cloning technology or embryos. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Bush's 'vision' on stem cells Nov 30, 2007
So James Thomson, the biologist whose work forms the bookends of this research, offers this, um, dedication: "My feeling is that the political controversy set the field back four or five years.". Now he and other scientists are muting that political controversy. (Boston Globe)
Technology Vindicates Morality Nov 30, 2007
Because the moral disquiet that James Thomson always felt -- and that George Bush forced the country to confront -- helped lead him and others to find some ethically neutral way to produce stem cells. Providence then saw to it that the technique be so elegant and beautiful that scientific reasons alone will now incline even the most willful researchers to leave the human embryo alone. (Townhall.com)
Bush’s Stem-Cell Ingenuity Nov 30, 2007
Even University of Wisconsin stem-cell scientist Dr. James Thomson, who was the first to isolate embryonic stem-cells ten years ago and one of the scientists who discovered the new method, thinks the new approach is superior, because, as he told the New York Times: If human embryonic stem-cell research does not make you at least a little bit uncomfortable, you have not thought about it enough. You might assume, given the developing consensus among researchers about the scientific and ethical... (Human Events Online)
Stem-Cell Breakthrough Nov 29, 2007
The unusual part was that the leader of the research team, James Thomson, told reporters that these cells would, over time, replace embryonic stem cells in researchand he is glad of it, because he had moral qualms ... The unusual part was that the leader of the research team, James Thomson, told reporters that these cells would, over time, replace embryonic stem cells in researchand he is glad of it, because he had moral qualms. (Townhall.com)
Stem cell findings change debate Nov 28, 2007
In two separate studies published last week, researchers from Kyoto University and the University of Wisconsin led by Shinya Yamanaka and James Thomson, respectively announced that they had successfully reprogrammed normal human skin cells to act like embryonic stem cells. "I think it's probably the most important finding in biology in 10 years," molecular biology and Wilson School professor Lee Silver said. (The Daily Princetonian, NJ)
Protests Disrupt Oxford Forum Nov 27, 2007
James Thomson, 20, one of those who broke into the Union, said at least one protester was injured after being punched in the head. "I was there proving my point that I'm a history student, and that David Irving is as much of an offense to history as to Jewish people," Thomson said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
SCIENCE VINDICATES BUSH'S 'THEOLOGY' Nov 27, 2007
Dr. James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin, a pioneer in embryo-destructive stem-cell research in the '90s, was one of the scientists who discovered the new method. "If human embryonic stem-cell research does not make you at least a little bit uncomfortable," he told The New York Times, "you have not thought about it enough.". (New York Post -- Opinions)
Science Trumps Politics Nov 27, 2007
Dr. James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin, a pioneer in embryo-destructive stem-cell research in the late 1990s, was one of the scientists who discovered the new method ... Dr. James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin, a pioneer in embryo-destructive stem-cell research in the late 1990s, was one of the scientists who discovered the new method. (Townhall.com)
After stem-cell breakthrough, the work begins Nov 27, 2007
"Even though we have this nice new sources of cells, it doesn't solve all the downstream problems of getting them into the body in useful form," said James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin, who led one of the teams that developed the stem cell substitutes. Thomson was also the first to isolate human embryonic stem cells, about a decade ago. (International Herald Tribune)
Reprogrammed Skin Cells Could Replace Embryonic Stem Cells Nov 27, 2007
" The research was carried out in the lab of UW-Madison biologist and professor of anatomy at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, James Thomson, the scientist who in 1998 was the first to recover embryonic stem cells from human embryos. This time the study was led by led by Junying Yu of the Genome Center of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center. Speaking about this latest breakthrough, Thomson said: "The induced cells do all the things... (Medical News Today)
With his new discovery controversy 'will be just a funny historical footnote' Nov 25, 2007
James Thomson (Photo: N.Y. Times). The scientist who helped ignite cultural and political controversy with the use of embryos in stem-cell research believes his new discovery using ordinary adult skin cells means the war is virtually over. (WorldNetDaily)
Life After Embryonic Stem Cells Nov 24, 2007
And he wasn't alone: on the same day that he published his milestone in the journal Cell, James Thomson, a pioneering University of Wisconsin molecular biologist, reported similar success in Science. Related Articles. (TIME)
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL: Continue the research Nov 24, 2007
What makes it particularly satisfying is that scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who first isolated human embryonic stem cells nearly 10 years ago, including James Thomson, are prominently involved in this development as well. According to an article by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's John Fauber (www. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Breakthrough: Stem-cell issue may be moot Nov 23, 2007
But now, if the research by the teams led by Dr. Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University and by Junying Yu, in the lab of James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, hold true to their promise, such debates could be proven forever moot. Not only would the stem-cell debate some day appear as dated as vigorously arguing the demerits of whalebone corsets, but the researchers' names could be as well known as Jonas Salk of polio vaccine fame. (The Clarion-Ledger)
New skin stem cell tech no blow to existing research Nov 23, 2007
That conflict would be swept aside if therapies could be developed from skin-derived stem cells like those just unveiled by Dr. Shinya Yamanaka's team at Kyoto University in Japan and another group led by University of Wisconsin researcher Dr. James Thomson. In addition, stem cell treatments drawn from the patient's own skin would eliminate the danger of immune system rejection. (San Francisco Chronicle)
A Breakthrough on Stem Cells Nov 23, 2007
In the journal Cell, Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University reports success in turning back the clock on cheek cells from a middle-aged woman, while James Thomson of University of Wisconsin, the first to isolate human embryonic stem cells, achieved the same feat with foreskin cells from a newborn baby. The achievements completely reset the boundaries of the stem cell debate, because both groups generated cells that looked and acted like embryonic stem cells, but without the need for eggs, embryos... (Time.com)
Hurdles remain for new stem cell technique Nov 22, 2007
"I just can't tell you dates," says James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, one of the scientists who announced the breakthrough on Tuesday. "The short answer is: It's still going to be years," Dr. John Gearhart, a stem cell expert at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine who was familiar with the work, said Wednesday. (MSNBC -- Health)
Embryonic stem cells without the embryo! Nov 22, 2007
The second report came from James Thomson, a professor of anatomy at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health ... Junying Yu and James Thomson introduced four genes into human skin cells, which are easy to grow in culture, and they apparently were converted into embryonic stem cells. (Why Files)
* Breakthrough in stem cell science may defuse debate Nov 22, 2007
The Cell paper is from a team led by Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University; the paper published by Science was by a team led by Junying Yu, in the lab of stem-cell pioneer James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The scientists themselves were startled by their success. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Advance transforms stem cell debate Nov 22, 2007
"We weren't avoiding the ethical controversy, we just thought this was an alternative approach that would work quicker," said James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin, who led the US team ... James Thomson says "the beginning ofthe end of the controversy" [AFP. (Aljazeera.Net)
Man who helped start stem cell war may end it Nov 22, 2007
If the stem cell wars are indeed nearly over, no one will savor the peace more than James Thomson. Thomson's laboratory at the University of Wisconsin was one of two that in 1998 plucked stem cells from human embryos for the first time, destroying the embryos in the process and touching off a divisive national debate. (International Herald Tribune)
All sides in stem cell debate claim vindication Nov 22, 2007
(CNN) -- All sides involved in the controversy over the use of embryonic stem cells in research claimed vindication Tuesday after two teams of researchers reported having reprogrammed human skin cells to act like the stem cells, which have the potential of morphing into other cells and thereby curing disease. President Bush has twice vetoed bills that would have eased limits on funding for embryonic stem cell research. (CNN -- Health)
Scientists Turn Human Skin Cells Into Stem Cells Nov 22, 2007
"Embryonic stem cells can divide forever, and there has never been good evidence for such cells in adults, but this new paper shows a method to make cells essentially identical to embryonic stem cells," said James Thomson, senior author of the Wisconsin study and a professor in the departments of medicine and public health at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. "This will change the ethical debate," he said at a teleconference held Tuesday. (MEDLINEplus)
More hope in a petri dish Nov 21, 2007
As encouraging as the new technique appears, the leader of the US team, James Thomson, has rightly called for continued research with stem cells derived from embryos. One reason to pursue both approaches is that the skin-cell-derived stem cells might not be identical to embryonic stem cells. (Boston Globe)
Stem Cell Breakthrough Advances Science Without 'Ethical Landmines,' Says Cardinal Nov 21, 2007
James Thomson, head of the Wisconsin team and the founder of human embryonic stem cell research, says these cells 'meet the defining criteria' for pluripotent human embryonic stem cells, 'with the significant exception that the iPS cells are not derived from embryos. "Thus the goal sought for years through failed attempts at human cloning - the production of 'pluripotent' stem cells that are an exact genetic match to a patient - has been brought within reach by an ethical procedure. This... (PR Newswire)
Opinion:Discovery revives ancient hopes Nov 21, 2007
Under the direction of stem cell pioneers James Thomson and Junying Yu, the group has also gotten cells to act like embryos by tweaking four genes in adult human cells. Who will get the credit for making the breakthrough discovery that turns adult cells into sources of stem cells. (MSNBC -- Health)
New Stem Cell Breakthough Called "Milestone" Nov 21, 2007
"People didn't know it would be this easy," stem cell pioneer James Thomson explains ... Scientists have only been able to do experiments with human embryonic stem cells (hESC) since 1998, when a group led by Dr. James Thomson at the University of Wisconsin developed a technique to isolate and grow the cells. (CityNews)
Skin transformed into stem cells Nov 21, 2007
Professor James ThomsonUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison ... Researcher Professor James Thomson said: "The induced cells do all the things embryonic stem cells do. "It's going to completely change the field. (BBC News -- Health)
Human Stem Cell Breakthrough: No Embryos Required Nov 21, 2007
"The long run's getting a lot closer," says stem cell biologist James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, a senior author of one of the studies. "I do believe this is the beginning of a great change.". (Scientific American)
Landmark stem cell achievement reported Nov 21, 2007
One of the breakthrough teams works in the lab of James Thomson, here with lab manager Jessica Antosiewicz ... "This is the beginning of the end of the controversy," researcher James Thomson, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told reporters in a conference call. (CNN)
