Sir
John Gurdon (born 1933) is a British developmental biologist. In 2012
he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for the
discovery that mature cells can be converted to stem cells. He is best
known for his pioneering research in nuclear transplantation and
cloning.
Gurdon’s experiments captured the attention of the scientific community and the tools and techniques he developed f
or nuclear transfer are still used today.
Gurdon and colleagues also pioneered the use of Xenopus (genus of
highly aquatic frog) eggs and oocytes to translate microinjected
messenger RNA molecules, a technique which has been widely used to
identify the proteins encoded and to study their function.
Gurdon's
recent research has focused on analysing intercellular signalling
factors involved in cell differentiation, and on elucidating the
mechanisms involved in reprogramming the nucleus in transplantation
experiments, including the role of histone variants, and demethylation
of the transplanted DNA.
"In terms of religious views, I'm actually
an agnostic, on the grounds of, I don't know. There's no scientific
proof of one thing or another so I take that view."
John Gurdon (developmental biologist)
Sir
John Gurdon (born 1933) is a British developmental biologist. In 2012
he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for the
discovery that mature cells can be converted to stem cells. He is best
known for his pioneering research in nuclear transplantation and
cloning.
Gurdon’s experiments captured the attention of the scientific community and the tools and techniques he developed f
Gurdon’s experiments captured the attention of the scientific community and the tools and techniques he developed f
or nuclear transfer are still used today.
Gurdon and colleagues also pioneered the use of Xenopus (genus of highly aquatic frog) eggs and oocytes to translate microinjected messenger RNA molecules, a technique which has been widely used to identify the proteins encoded and to study their function.
Gurdon's recent research has focused on analysing intercellular signalling factors involved in cell differentiation, and on elucidating the mechanisms involved in reprogramming the nucleus in transplantation experiments, including the role of histone variants, and demethylation of the transplanted DNA.
"In terms of religious views, I'm actually an agnostic, on the grounds of, I don't know. There's no scientific proof of one thing or another so I take that view."
John Gurdon (developmental biologist)
Gurdon and colleagues also pioneered the use of Xenopus (genus of highly aquatic frog) eggs and oocytes to translate microinjected messenger RNA molecules, a technique which has been widely used to identify the proteins encoded and to study their function.
Gurdon's recent research has focused on analysing intercellular signalling factors involved in cell differentiation, and on elucidating the mechanisms involved in reprogramming the nucleus in transplantation experiments, including the role of histone variants, and demethylation of the transplanted DNA.
"In terms of religious views, I'm actually an agnostic, on the grounds of, I don't know. There's no scientific proof of one thing or another so I take that view."
John Gurdon (developmental biologist)
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