James Alexander Thomson is an American developmental biologist who is best known for deriving the first human embryonic stem cell line. He serves as director of regenerative biology at the Morgridge Institute for Research in Madison, Wisconsin, and is a professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.He is one of the leading scientific innovators in stem cell research.
In this lecture he explores current understanding how human embryonic cells can form any cell in the body and the implications for cancer research.
