Inventor
With another inventor and colleague, Jones owns a United States Patent for a novel way of freezing specimens, particularly mammalian embryos, and he continues to invent and license products to medical and conservation initiatives. He once joked with Edward DeBono that his cryogenic invention could create a market for "Faberge Embryos".
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