Konrad Hochedlinger :The Scientist [2009-07-01]


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	By Elie Dolgin

Konrad Hochedlinger In 1999, Konrad Hochedlinger squeezed into a packed lecture at the Institute of Molecular Pathology in Vienna to hear stem cell researcher Rudolf Jaenisch talk about nuclear transfer cloning techniques. Hochedlinger, a biology masters student, knew little about cloning, but he'd been intrigued by the technique ever since scientists cloned Dolly the sheep in 1996. "I was too shy" to