ESTOOLS - Advances with human embryonic stem cells - Dr Anne McLaren: 26 April 1927 - 7 July 2007
Dr Anne McLaren: 26 April 1927 - 7 July 2007
Ethical Aspects of Stem Cell Research in Europe
19-20 April 2007, Berlin
Ethical Aspects of Stem Cell Research in Europe
19-20 April 2007, Berlin
Ethical Aspects of Stem Cell Research in Europe
19-20 April 2007, Berlin
Ethical Aspects of Stem Cell Research in Europe
19-20 April 2007, Berlin
Workshop 3: Ethical Aspects of Stem Cell Research in Europe
19-20 April 2007, Berlin
The ESTOOLS partners are very saddened by news of the death on 7 July 2007 of Dr Anne McLaren and Professor Donald Michie announced by the BBC. Dr McLaren was member of the ESTOOLS Ethics Advisory Panel. Among her recent contributions to ESTOOLS, Anne had been a key speaker at the EuroStemCell / ESTOOLS joint ethics workshop in Berlin, Germany, 19-20 April 2007 - the photo shows her at the workshop - and had participated in the ESTOOLS Annual Consortium Meeting and Public Symposium in Brno, Czech Republic, 29 May-1 June 2007.
The untimely death of Anne McLaren in a car accident on 7th July was a sad loss for ESTOOLS, and for the wider community working with embryonic stem cells. Anne, a strong but thoughtful supporter of this research, was a member of our Ethics Advisory Panel. Most recently she participated in our first consortium meeting in Brno in May and, previously, to our joint meeting with EuroStemCell in Berlin in April, addressing ethical issues involved in stem cell research and regenerative medicine. Anne not only contributed extensively to the ethical discussions of current work with human ES cells, beginning with her membership of the Warnock Commission in the UK, but her research over 50 years in the reproductive biology and embryology of the laboratory mouse also provided underpinning for the development of in vitro fertilisation and ultimately our ability to derive embryonic stem cell lines. She was also a generous colleague, always ready to contribute her time and ideas. Her contributions to science will be felt for many years to come.
Peter W. Andrews, ESTOOLS Coordinator
Remarks from those who worked with Anne in ESTOOLS can be found on this webpage.
Other information is at these external websites:
The ESTOOLS project completed its 4 years of activity. This website remains online as a reference archive.
For hESC and iPSC news and information go to: www.eurostemcell.org
