Howard Green (physician)

Howard Green
Born(1925-09-10)September 10, 1925
Toronto
DiedOctober 31, 2015(2015-10-31) (aged 90)
Boston, Massachusetts
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
Known forstem-cell research, skin culture
SpouseRosine Kauffmann
AwardsMarch of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology
Scientific career
InstitutionsNew York University School of Medicine,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Harvard Medical School

Howard Green (September 10, 1925 – October 31, 2015) was an American scientist, and George Higginson Professor of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School.

He was the first to culture human cells in a laboratory setting for therapeutic use. He is one of the founding fathers of stem-cell research and regenerative medicine. One famous case involving Doctor Green concerned Jamie and Glenn Selby, two children from Wyoming who were burned over 95% of their bodies. Green cut small patches of undamaged skin from the boys, grew them in a lab and was able to harvest skin grafts to cover their burns.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Howard Green". www.warrenalpert.org. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
  2. ^ "Howard Green, Who Found a Way to Grow Skin and Saved Lives, Dies at 90". The New York Times. November 5, 2015.