UW Stem Cell Guru Rubbed Elbows with Miley Cyrus?

UW Stem Cell Guru Rubbed Elbows with Miley Cyrus?
Developmental biologist and stem cell guru James Thomson recently made the Time 100 list of The World's Most Influential People.

He shares the honor with the likes of writer/director Judd Apatow, songstress Mariah Carey, Brangelina (a part of me just died for typing that idiotic name), media mogul Rupert Murdoch, George W. Bush, the Dalai Lama (Bush and the Dalai Lama on the same list...apocalypse?), Facebook mastermind Mark Zuckerberg, and the stars of the never-ending story "Campaign 2008" Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain.

Wonder if he went to the party?  James Thomson and Miley Cyrus simultaneously reaching for the clam dip?  Priceless.  

Not that he'd recognize Ms. Vanity Fair.  Thomson probably wouldn't recognize half these people since he's too busy toiling away in his bunker, oh, you know, changing the face of the medical world.

While Mariah Carey was off gettin' hitched to that dude from Wild 'N Out, Zuckerberg was hatching new ways to hypnotize the collegiate masses and Miley Cyrus was working to placate enraged soccer moms, Thomson was transforming skin cells into pluripotent stem cells with the potential to treat and prevent fatal disease, not to mention the potential to quell religious and political debates that have plagued the technology.

Thomson is the man. 
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laptoplex
I don't think you should belittle Miley's contribution to society! Posted 05/14/2008 11:06 AMReply
Anonymous
Sorry but I don't really understand what you seem to be trying to say. Are you trying to say there is any connection between the two? Are you trying to say unless you are contributing to the advancement of knowledge you are nothing? What is your contribution? Other wasting my time to read what you wrote what have you done to advance mankind? Posted 05/14/2008 1:09 PMReply
blondie
My point is that Thomson is the man. And the list is The Most Influential People in the WORLD. Is it not odd that a 15-year-old best known for a Disney show and "racy" pics in a magazine is one of the 100 most influential people in the world?
Miley Cyrus and the Dalai Lama?
Posted 05/14/2008 1:40 PMReply
Anonymous
Yeah, I agree. Miley Cyrus? Really? What about her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus. Didn't he write that damn Achey Breaky Heart Song? That song really changed my life. Now THAT guy is an inspiration, good old Billy. Posted 05/16/2008 11:01 AMReply

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