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Michael D. West Ph.D. 53 has served on the Board of Directors since 2002. Dr. West is the Chairman of the Board President and Chief Scientific Officer of Advanced Cell Technology Inc. of Alameda California a company focused on the medical applications of nuclear transfer (cloning) and embryonic stem cell technologies. Dr. West founded Geron Corporation in 1990 where he served on the board of directors and in a number of executive positions including as Vice President of New Technologies from 1993 to 1998 and as a director from inception to 1998. Geron Corporation is engaged in the research and development of diagnostic and therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer and degenerative diseases. Dr. West organized and managed the collaboration that led to the discovery of human embryonic stem and human embryonic germ cells. He received his Ph.D. from Baylor College of Medicine in 1989 concentrating on the biology of cellular aging.
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