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John Gurdon

British developmental biologist · born October 2, 1933 · died 2025

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Sir John Bertrand Gurdon was a British developmental biologist, best known for his pioneering research in nuclear transplantation and cloning.

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  1. ~38Received the Fellow of the Royal Society1971
  2. ~52Received the Royal Medal1985
  3. ~56Received the Wolf Prize in Medicine1989
  4. ~62Named Knight Bachelor1995
  5. ~70Received the Copley Medal2003
  6. ~79Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2012

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