Xiangzhong 'Jerry' Yang dies at 49; leading researcher in cloning technology

Yang cloned the first farm animal in the United States and worked to promote cooperation between U.S. and Chinese researchers, particularly in cloning and other areas of biotechnology. Xiangzhong "Jerry" Yang, who was born in poverty to a family of pig farmers in rural China but escaped to become a leading researcher in cloning technology, cloning the first farm animal in the U.S. and demonstrating the viability of such animals, died Thursday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston after a long battle with cancer of the saliva gland. He was 49.

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