Slide 27 from Reynolds Salerno, PhD., Manager, Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation, Sandia National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, "International Biological Threat Reduction at Sandia" July 31, 2006

Slide 13 from Susan Caskey, International Security Center, Sandia National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, "International Biological Threat Reduction at Sandia" October 20, 2006

Map modified from William Hoffman, Global Bioscience Clusters



Global Distribution of DNA Synthesis Foundries
Robert Carlson, PhD., University of Washington



The Stem Cell Dilemma:
Beacons of Hope or
Harbingers of Doom?

Leo Furcht MD. & William Hoffman
April 2008

★Awarded a star by Kirkus Reviews
for "remarkable merit"


Global Maps of Human Technological Development



World Stem Cell Map

Stem Cell Research Centers Map 2006

Global Competitiveness Map

Global Competitiveness /
Stem Cell Research Map

Global Bioscience Clusters Map

Global Biotech Crops Map 2004

Digital Innovation Map 2000

Industrialization Map 1850

Origin of Food Production Map

Electrification - Earth at Night
Mayhew & Simmon (NASA/GSFC)

Maps created with GMT software
Updated 3/3/08

William Hoffman - hoffm003@umn.edu

Disclaimer: This work is a communications project of William Hoffman, a non-faculty employee of the University of Minnesota, and not the University of Minnesota. It is meant to help inform public discussion of stem cell research and human development.

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