Esmail Zanjani

Esmail D. Zanjani is a professor and medical researcher at the University of Nevada, Reno.

His research involves growing human cells within sheep embryos. In March 2007 it was announced that Zanjani had created a human-sheep chimera. Zanjani has stated that his work involves sheep because of the blood-forming systems of sheep and humans are similar. [ [http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060501/full/nbt0506-487.html Nature, May 1, 2006 - Chimeras in the crosshairs] ]

He has served as president of the International Society for Experimental Hematology.

External links

* [http://www.unr.edu/cmbprog/ezanjani-new.htm University of Nevada, Reno - Cell and Molecular Biology - Esmail D. Zanjani]

References

* [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=444436&in_page_id=1770 The Daily Mail, 27th March 2007 - Now scientists create a sheep that's 15% human, by Claudia Joseph]
* [http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn4492 New Scientist, 17 December 2003 - 'Humanised' organs can be grown in animals]
* [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/24/eveningnews/main676424.shtml CBS News, February 24, 2005 - Science's Part-Beast, Part-Human]
* [http://www.iranian.com/PhotoDay/2005/May/zanjani.html Iranian.com - Iranian of the day, May 16, 2005]
* [http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20070401 UserFriendly, April 1, 2007 - Professor Esmail Zanjani of the University of Nevada creates the first sheep that is 15% human...]