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Sir John B. Gurdon. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012. Born: 2 October 1933, Dippenhall, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: Gurdon Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Prize motivation: “for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent”. Prize share: 1/2.
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Sir John Bertrand Gurdon FRS (born 2 October 1933) is a British developmental biologist, best known for his pioneering research in nuclear transplantation and cloning. [1] [5] [6] [7] Awarded the Lasker Award in 2009, in 2012, he and Shinya Yamanaka were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature ...
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May 6, 2024 · John Gurdon, British developmental biologist who was the first to demonstrate that egg cells are able to reprogram differentiated (mature) cell nuclei, reverting them to a pluripotent state, in which they regain the capacity to become any type of cell. He won a share of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
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Oct 8, 2012 · University Science. Sir John B Gurdon has won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 for his discovery at the University of Oxford that the specialisation of cells is reversible, challenging the dogma that mature cells are irreversibly committed to their fate. He wins the award jointly with Shinya Yamanaka for the discovery that mature ...
Oct 8, 2012 · Dr. Gurdon was the first to clone an animal, a frog, and Dr. Yamanaka discovered the proteins with which an adult cell can be converted to an egg-like state. The prize was announced in...
Jan 1, 2017 · Professor Sir John Gurdon Kt DPhil DSc FRS Distinguished Group Leader, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2012, Member of the University Department of Zoology. Educated at Eton College, where he did Classics, having been advised that he was unsuited for science, and Christ Church, Oxford (Zoology).
