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Editors Jerry Yang Dies at 49. Leading Cloning and Stem Cell Researcher. 2/10/2009 10:13:00 AM

Comment now Jerry Yang Dies at 49. Leading Cloning and Stem Cell Researcher.

Xiangzhong "Jerry" Yang, 49, who was born in poverty to a family of pig farmers in rural China, became a leading researcher in cloning technology, cloning the first farm animal in the U.S., died Thursday in Boston after a long battle with cancer of the saliva gland.

Editors Final: Can't Use Animal Eggs to Clone Humans 2/2/2009 2:40:00 PM

Comment now Final: Can't Use Animal Eggs to Clone Humans

After 10 years trying hundreds of experiments, it's final. You can't use animal eggs to produce a cloned human embryo.

Teams of scientists have used mice, cows, and rabbit eggs to no avail. Mixing human and animal cells does not appear to program the egg properly, said Dr. Robert Lanza of Massachusetts-based Advanced Cell Technology.

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