and sponsored collaborative research in the laboratory of Carol Greider, then at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Geron published evidence of the role of telomerase in cancer and cell immortalization in collaboration with Woodring Wright and Jerry Shay at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. For the company's Scientific and Clinical Advisory Board, he recruited Günter Blobel (winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physiology), Leonard Hayflick, Carol Greider (winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine), James Watson (winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in medicine), and others. West has been a keynote speaker at events including World Stem Cell and is associated with 146 patents in the United States, Australia, Japan and elsewhere. Bibliography Books West has authored and co-edited books on topics including animal cloning, aging, biogerontology, stem cells, stem cell biology, and regenerative medicine. 2002 Principles of Cloning 2003 The Immortal Cell, by Michael D. West, Doubleday 2004 Handbook of Stem Cells: Volume 1 Embryonic Stem Cells 2004 Handbook of Stem Cells: Volume 2 Adult and Fetal Stem Cells 2006 Essentials of Stem Cell Biology 2010 The Future of Aging 2010 The Future of Aging: Pathways to Human Life Extension See also tissue engineering somatic cell nuclear transfer References External links Dr. West's webpage Audio: Dr. West interviewed on Bloomberg Radio's "The Hays Advantage" February 11, 2010 1953 births Biogerontologists 21st-century American biologists American technology chief executives Living people Life extensionists People from Niles, Michigan Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni Andrews University alumni Baylor College of Medicine alumni