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   Herbert Wayne " Herb " Boyer (born July 10, 1936) is an American biotechnologist, researcher and entrepreneur in biotechnology. Along with Stanley N. Cohen and Paul Berg, he discovered a method to coax bacteria into producing foreign proteins, which aided in jump-starting the field of genetic engineering. By 1969, Boyer performed studies on a ...

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   Dec 6, 1999 · Herbert W. Boyer is a biochemist and genetic engineer who co-founded Genentech in 1976 with Robert A. Swanson. He pioneered the use of recombinant DNA technology to produce commercial medicines and received many awards and honors for his contributions to science.

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   Learn how Boyer and Cohen invented a method of cloning genetically engineered molecules in foreign cells, initiating the biotechnology industry. Find out their biographies, achievements, and awards, including the 1996 Lemelson-MIT Prize.

5. www.whatisbiotechnology.org › people › summaryProfessor Herbert Boyer | Biographical summary

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   Herbert. Boyer. Born 10th July, 1936 ( Derry, Pennsylvania, United States) Together with Stanley Cohen, Boyer demonstrated the possibility of producing recombinant DNA in bacteria in 1973. This they did by combining a gene for frog ribosomal RNA with a bacterial plasmid which was then put into a strain of E-coli for expression.

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   Herbert Boyer was a molecular geneticist who developed a way to cut and clone DNA segments, leading to the creation of genetically engineered drugs. He co-founded Genentech, the first biotechnology company, with Stanley Cohen and Robert Swanson, and helped revolutionize the pharmaceutical industry.

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   Who is Herbert Boyer?

   • He is recipient of the 1990 National Medal of Science, co-recipient of the 1996 Lemelson–MIT Prize, and a co-founder of Genentech. He was professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and later served as vice president of Genentech from 1976 until his retirement in 1991. Herbert Boyer was born in 1936 in Derry, Pennsylvania.

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   Who are Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen?

   • He is currently the Kwoh-Ting Li Professor in the School of Medicine, a position he has held since 1993. For their inventions, entrepreneurship, and the spirit of teamwork which allowed them their success, Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen were awarded the 1996 Lemelson-MIT Prize.

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   How did Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen contribute to biotechnology?

   • Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen combined their efforts in biotechnology to invent a method of cloning genetically engineered molecules in foreign cells. Through this discovery and its applications, Boyer and Cohen initiated what is now the multibillion-dollar biotechnology industry.

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   Where did Herb Boyer grow up?

   • Herb Boyer. Gitschier: I know you grew up in the little town of Derry, Pennsylvania. What role do you think your upbringing played in some of the choices you made in your life? Boyer: My mother graduated from high school, and she immediately married my father at the age of 18. My dad was 12 years older than she.

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8. www.dnaftb.org › 34 › bio-2Herbert W. Boyer :: DNA from the Beginning

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   Learn about Herbert W. Boyer, one of the inventors of recombinant DNA technology and the founder of Genentech. Discover his biography, achievements, awards and interests.

9. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesWonderful Life: An Interview with Herb Boyer - PMC

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   Sep 25, 2009 · Boyer: He worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad. My father never owned a car, never had a driver's license. He'd walk to work at the dispatch station, which was about a hundred yards away from our house. He was a brakeman on the freight trains and would live on a caboose for a couple of days at a time.