Science & TechnologyBritish1933 – present
John Gurdon
Nobel laureate, pioneer of cellular reprogramming and cloning
Biography
British developmental biologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering that mature cells can be reprogrammed to an embryonic state. His work on nuclear transplantation was foundational to cloning research.
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Science & Technology
Nationality
British
Born
1933
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Gurdon
English origin
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