Karim Nayernia
Prof. Dr. Karim Nayernia (Persian: پرفسور دکتر کریم نیرنیا) is an Iranian biomedical scientist specialising in stem cell biology and personalized medicine.
Academic career
Profesor Nayernia is an alumnus of the University of Göttingen,[1] where he completed his studies and later earned his habilitation in Molecular Human Genetics in 2003 at the Georg-August University Medical Faculty. He worked at the university of Göttingen until 2006, when he joined Newcastle University as a Professor of Stem Cell Biology at theInstitute of Human Genetics.[2][3]
In 2006, Nayernia and his research team used sperm derived from embryonic stem cells to fertilize mice, resulting in seven offspring; one died shortly after birth and the remaining six exhibited health abnormalities.[4][5][6][7] In 2009, Nayernia and his team reported the creation of human sperm-like cells from male stem cells in the laboratory for the first time.[8]
References
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- ^ [1] Archived November 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Health | 'Lab-made sperm' fertility hope". BBC News. 10 July 2006. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
- ^ Walsh, Fergus (7 July 2009). "Health | Scientists claim sperm 'first'". BBC News. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
- ^ Karen McVeigh. "Scientists claim breakthrough in growing human sperm from stem cells | Science". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
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- ^ Karen McVeigh. "Scientists claim breakthrough in growing human sperm from stem cells | Science". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 November 2015.