John Gurdon Quotes


There is no doubt that I was blessed with a considerable amount of luck.


Citations

Gurdon, John B. "Sir John B. Gurdon - Biographical." Les Prix Nobel. The Nobel Prizes 2012, edited by Karl Grandin, Nobel Foundation, 2013.

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John Gurdon
John Gurdon
  • Born: October 2, 1933
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Scientist

Sir John Bertrand Gurdon FRS FMedSci MAE is a British developmental biologist. He is best known for his pioneering research in nuclear transplantation and cloning. He was awarded the Lasker Award in 2009. In 2012, he and Shinya Yamanaka were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be converted to stem cells.