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Astellas Executive Interview Series – Dr. Bob Lanza

Since he was a child, Dr. Bob Lanza has been fascinated by science and human health. He spent his early years attempting to better understand how the cells in the body interact and how they had a special capacity to...

Lanza receives the Marquis Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award

Lanza featured on the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC’s) Ideas, one of the oldest and most respected radio programs in the world

Lanza’s new paper published in leading physics journal

Observers determine the structure of spacetime itselfThe paper—published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (one of the world’s leading journals in cosmology & astrophysics, covering the latest developments and breakthroughs including Stephen Hawking’s groundbreaking work on the evolution...

Lanza and Podolskiy’s paper is the cover story of Annalen der Physik, which published Einstein’s theories of special and general relativity

On Decoherence in Quantum Gravity In his papers on relativity, Einstein showed that time was relative to the observer. This new paper takes this one step further, arguing that the observer creates it. The paper shows that the intrinsic properties...

Lanza’s new book released

THE GRAND BIOCENTRIC DESIGN: How Life Creates RealityWhy are we here? Where did it all come from―the laws of nature, the stars, the universe. Humans have been asking these questions forever, but science hasn’t succeeded in providing many answers—until now....

Lanza Featured in OMNI MAGAZINE’s Collector’s Edition

Omni Magazine is back. Featured story: Building Doctor Who’s Time MachineWhat if you could travel through time just like you navigate space? The journey starts here

Lanza named head of Astellas global regenerative medicine

“Robert Lanza, one of the most prominent scientists in the field of stem cell biology, on Monday said he will lead global regenerative medicine research at Astellas Pharma Inc., the Japanese drug maker that acquired his Massachusetts company this month....

Lanza gives opening address at the Massachusetts State Science & Engineering Fair

Lanza delivered the opening address to the judges and students at the Official Opening of 2015 MSSEF held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MSSEF was founded by the prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences and

Lanza’s work voted the top science story of the year

Winner of Discover Magazine’s ‘People’s Choice’ Award Stem cell breakthrough by Lanza and colleagues was voted the year's top story, beating the Ebola outbreak, climate change crisis, entangled photons, cosmic inflation, as well as the year's other science stories ranging...

First report of the long-term safety/efficacy of pluripotent stem cells in humans with any disease

“For a nice two decades scientists have dreamt about using human embryonic stem cells to treat diseases … that day has finally come…scientists have used human embryonic stem cells to successfully treat patients suffering from severe vision loss”

In a cloning first, Lanza and colleagues create stem cells from adults

“Advancement Could Lead to Treatment for Alzheimer’s, Heart Disease” Wall Street Journal [Read More] “After years of failed attempts, researchers have finally generated stem cells from adults using the same cloning technique that produced Dolly the sheep in 1996. The...

Lanza receives the Il Leone di San Marco award in Medicine

Past honorees in other fields have included Dion, Susan Lucci, Tony Danza, Paul Giamatti, Paul Sorvino and Rudy Giuliani Dr. Lanza received this year’s prestigious Il Leone di San Marco award in Medicine (along with Regis Philbin, who received the award...

Dr. Lanza featured in The Pennsylvania Gazette

Article selected as one of Longreads 10 Best StoriesRobert Lanza has racked up a slew of scientific accolades for his pioneering work on cloning and stem cells. And then there’s the private island stocked with dinosaur fossils, the Good Will...

Dr. Robert Lanza featured in “CELLebrity” Doctors 2011 Calendar

Top U.S. scientists hang their lab coats for stem cell research fundraising efforts. The 2011 “CELLebrity” Doctors Calendar spotlights twelve highly renowned doctors in the U.S. and details the progress that has been made in their prospective medical fields. NOTE:...

DISCOVER Interview: Robert Lanza

Discover Interview Fighting for the Right to Clone Stem cell and cloning guru Robert Lanza has battled the Catholic Church, the White House, and violent protesters. by Pamela Weintraub; photography by Michael LewisFrom the September 2008 issue; published online August 19, 2008 Whether...

Biocentrism Explored

Rethinking Time, Space, and the Nature of the Universe.

The Biocentric Universe Theory: Life Creates Time, Space, and the Cosmos Itself

[mashshare] The farther we peer into space, the more we realize that the nature of the universe cannot be understood fully by inspecting spiral galaxies or watching distant supernovas. It lies deeper. It involves our very selves. This insight snapped...

A New Theory of the Universe

[mashshare] While I was sitting one night with a poet friend watching a great opera performed in a tent under arc lights, the poet took my arm and pointed silently. Far up, blundering out of the night, a huge Cecropia...

Lanza’s Research Featured on Front Page of New York Times

In New Method For Deriving Stem Cells, Viable Embryos. Biologists have developed a technique for establishing colonies of human embryonic stem cells from an early human embryo without destroying it Download the PDF

Lanza Voted Top 4 “Most Influential People on Stem Cells”

Lanza featured in the 2013 “TOP 50 Global Stem Cell Influencers.” It is the result of a global survey of the stem cell community, which yielded thousands of votes. The 50 personalities were picked based on their career achievements whether...