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Martin Evans
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Martin Evans

English developmental biologist · born January 1, 1941

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Sir Martin John Evans FLSW is an English biologist who, with Matthew Kaufman, was the first to culture mice embryonic stem cells and cultivate them in a laboratory in 1981.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. ~52Received the Fellow of the Royal Society1993
  2. ~60Received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research2001
  3. ~66Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2007
  4. ~68Received the Copley Medal2009

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1960 · United States

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1924–2023 · United States

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