In every field, there’s a notable person. In computers, its Bill Gates.In the biotech world, its James Thompson. He’s the UW Madison researcher who was featured on the cover of Time magazine for being thefirst to isolate stem cells; a discovery that Science magazine called “breakthrough of the year.” That was 1998. And there’s been high expectations and controversy ever since. Shamane Mills reports…
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