Definition of Advanced cell technology

ACT's Chief Scientific Officer is Dr. Michael D. West, who also serves as the Chairman of the Board. He is also a former CEO of the firm.

At 7:30 PM on Monday, 8 January 2001, with the birth of a gaur named Noah at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska, ACT became the first biotechnology company to succeed at cloning an animal from an endangered species. Noah was carried and brought successfully by a surrogate mother from another, more common, species, in this case a domestic cow named Bessie. While healthy at birth, Noah died within 48 hours of a common dysentery, likely unrelated to cloning.