Andras Nagy (born 1951) is a research scientist at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at
Mount Sinai Hospital in
Toronto,
Ontario. He heads a team of 50 researchers on
Project Grandiose, who study the process of creating
stem cell
In multicellular organisms, stem cells are undifferentiated or partially differentiated cells that can differentiate into various types of cells and proliferate indefinitely to produce more of the same stem cell. They are the earliest type o ...
s. Nagy holds a Canadian Research Chair in stem cells and regeneration.
[Roy, Baisakhi]
"Hungarian-born scientist Dr. Andras Nagy’s latest discovery brings hope for curing many diseases"
''Canadian Immigrant'', 31 August 2011.
Nagy was born in
Hungary,
and moved to Canada from Hungary in 1989, joining the Institute
["Pioneering Toronto scientist continues to demystify stem cells"]
''Toronto Star'', 11 December 2014. after a three-month stint as a visiting scientist.
In 2005, Nagy was the first to create new human embryonic stem cell lines in Canada.
In 2009, he demonstrated how cells could be changed into stem cells more without the introduction of potentially damaging viruses,
[Drinjakovic, Jovanna]
"Toronto-led international research team makes stem-cell breakthrough"
''Globe and Mail'' and was included that year in ''Scientific Americans Top 10 Honor Roll.
Nagy and his research group have discovered a new type of stem cell, called the F-Class iPS cell.
In 2014, Project Grandiose researchers have produced several major reports, demonstrating advances in stem cell creation which are expected to lead to improved treatments for a number of diseases, and which have been published in ''Nature'' and ''Nature Communications''.
Nagy holds an Adjunct Professorship at
Monash University.
"New stem cell opens door to regeneration"
''The Australian''
References
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Living people
Hungarian biologists
Academic staff of Monash University
Place of birth missing (living people)
1951 births