Mary-Claire King (Q437741)

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American geneticist
  • King MC
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Language Label Description Also known as
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Mary-Claire King
American geneticist
  • King MC

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point in time
2013
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point in time
2016
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given name
Mary
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family name
King
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date of birth
27 February 1946
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stated in
SNAC
SNAC ARK ID
w6sc9qq8
subject named as
Mary-Claire King
retrieved
9 October 2017
award received
The Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine
point in time
2018
country of citizenship
United States of America
award rationale
for her mapping of the first breast cancer gene. Using mathematical modeling, King predicted and then demonstrated that breast cancer can be caused by a single gene. She mapped the gene which facilitated its cloning and has saved thousands of lives. (English)
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Clarivate Citation Laureates
point in time
2022
field of work
medicine
award rationale
"for demonstrating inherited susceptibility for breast and ovarian cancer and discovering the role played by mutations of the BRCA1 gene." (English)
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reference URL
https://clarivate.com/citation-laureates
retrieved
23 September 2023
Commons category
Mary-Claire King
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Identifiers

ISNI
000000003099828X
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FAST ID
1513931
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Academic Tree ID
36325
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DUC ID
mary-claire-king
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Prabook ID
319722
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SNAC ARK ID
w6sc9qq8
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