Xiangzhong Yang
Xiangzhong "Jerry" Yang (simplified Chinese: 杨向中; traditional Chinese: 楊向中; pinyin: Yáng Xiàngzhōng; July 1959 – 5 February 2009) was a Chinese-American biotechnology scientist, and stem cell research advocate. In 1999 he was credited with creating the first cloned farm animal in the United States – a cow called "Amy".[1][2]
Born on July 31, 1959, and raised in
In November 2017 Yang was honored with the naming of the street that leads to the University of Connecticut Dairy Bar from Route 195 as Jerry Yang Road. That same road is the location of the Agricultural Biotechnology Laboratory, where Yang performed countless hours of research that brought international fame to the University University Honors Memory of Research Great Jerry Yang.
In 1996 Yang was first diagnosed with
References
- ^ a b Xiangzhong (Jerry) Yang Archived May 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine UConn faculty member profile
- ^ a b Cloning Pioneer Dead At 49
- ^ "Robert H. Foote dies at 86; Cornell researcher laid groundwork for cloning of animals". Los Angeles Times. 7 November 2008.
- PMID 19279628.