Esmail D. Zanjani is a professor and medical researcher at the
University of Nevada, Reno
The University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada, the University of Nevada, or UNR) is a public land-grant research university in Reno, Nevada. It is the state's flagship public university and primary land grant institution. It was founded on October 12, ...
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His research involves growing human cells within sheep embryos. In March 2007, it was announced that Zanjani had created a human-sheep
chimera
Chimera, Chimaera, or Chimaira (Greek for " she-goat") originally referred to:
* Chimera (mythology), a fire-breathing monster of Ancient Lycia said to combine parts from multiple animals
* Mount Chimaera, a fire-spewing region of Lycia or Cilicia ...
. Zanjani has stated that his work involves sheep because of the blood-forming systems of sheep and humans are similar.
Nature, May 1, 2006 - Chimeras in the crosshairs
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He has served as president of the International Society for Experimental Hematology.
Education
*Ph.D., Experimental Hematology, New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, the ...
, 1969
*M.S., Biology, New York University, 1966
*B.S., Biology, New York University, 1964
References
New Scientist, 17 December 2003 - 'Humanised' organs can be grown in animalsCBS News, February 24, 2005 - Science's Part-Beast, Part-Human
External links
Esmail Zanjani, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor at Molecular Biosciences, University of Nevada, RenoEsmail Zanjani at Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
University of Nevada, Reno faculty
New York University alumni
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