Back ماري كلير كينغ Arabic مری کلر کینق AZB Мэры-Клэр Кінг Byelorussian Mary-Claire King Catalan Mary-Claire King German Mary-Claire King Spanish Mary-Claire King Basque مری کلر کینگ Persian Mary-Claire King Finnish Mary-Claire King French
Mary-Claire King | |
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 Mary-Claire King in 2016 | |
| Born | February 27, 1946 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Carleton College University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Francisco |
| Known for | Breast cancer gene discovery Forensic genetics for human rights |
| Awards | Gruber Prize in Genetics (2004) Heineken Prize (2006) Weizmann Award (2006) Pearl Meister Greengard Prize (2010) Lasker Award (2014) National Medal of Science (2014, awarded 2016) Shaw Prize in Medicine (2018) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Human genetics |
| Institutions | University of Washington, University of California, Berkeley |
| Thesis | Protein polymorphisms in chimpanzee and human evolution (1973) |
| Doctoral advisor | Allan Wilson |
| Website | UW Genome Sciences page |
| External videos | |
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 "Meet Dr. Mary-Claire King, Ground-Breaking Geneticist and Tireless Human Rights Activist", World Science Festival, March 5, 2014 |
Mary-Claire King (born February 27, 1946)[1] is an American geneticist. She was the first to show that breast cancer can be inherited due to mutations in the gene she called BRCA1. She studies human genetics and is particularly interested in genetic heterogeneity and complex traits.[2] She studies the interaction of genetics and environmental influences and their effects on human conditions such as breast and ovarian cancer, inherited deafness, schizophrenia,[3] HIV, systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis.[4] She has been the American Cancer Society Professor of the Department of Genome Sciences and of Medical Genetics in the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington since 1995.[5]
Besides known for her accomplishment in identifying breast cancer genes, King is also known for demonstrating that humans and chimpanzees are 99% genetically identical and for applying genomic sequencing to identify victims of human rights abuses. In 1984, in Argentina, she began working in identifying children who had been stolen from their families and adopted illegally under the military dictatorship during the Dirty War (1976–1983). She has received many awards, including the Lasker Award and the National Medal of Science. In 2002, Discover magazine recognized King as one of the 50 most important women in science.[6]
- ^ Yount, Lisa (2008). "Mary-Claire King" (PDF). A to Z of women in science and math. New York: Facts On File. pp. 153–156. ISBN 978-0816066957.
- ^ "Mary-Claire King Professor of Genome Sciences and of Medicine (Medical Genetics)". UW Genome Sciences. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
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Washingtonwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Svitil, Kathy (13 November 2002). "The 50 Most Important Women in Science". Discover. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
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