Stanley Norman Cohen

Biography

Stanley Norman Cohen (born February 17, 1935) is an American geneticist [ 2 ] and the Kwoh-Ting Li Professor in the Stanford University School of Medicine . [ 3 ] Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer were the first scientists to transplant genes from one living organism to another, a fundamental discovery for genetical engineering. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Thousands of products have been developed on the basis of their work, including human growth hormone and hepatitis B vaccine . [ 6 ] According to immunologist Hugh McDevitt , "Cohen's DNA cloning technology has helped biologists in virtually every field". [ 7 ] Without it, "the face of biomedicine and biotechnology would look totally different." [ 7 ] Boyer cofounded Genentech in 1976 based on their work together, but Cohen was a consultant for Cetus Corporation and declined to join. [ 8 ] Cohen was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey . He graduated from Rutgers University with a B.S. in 1956, and received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1960. [ 3 ] Cohen then held internships and fellowships at various institutions, including Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, University Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan , and Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina . [ 9 ] During a residency at the National Institute for Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases , he decided to combine basic research with a clinical practice. [ 10 ] In 1967 he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine . [ 9 ] Cohen joined the faculty of Stanford University in 1968. He was appointed as a Professor of Medicine in 1975, and as a Professor of Genetics in 1977. In 1993, he became the Kwoh-Ting Li Professor in the School of Medicine. [ 3 ] [ 9 ] Fields: Genetics

About the Lasker Award

The Lasker Awards have been awarded annually since 1946 to living persons who have made major contributions to medical science or who have performed public service on behalf of medicine. They are administered by the Lasker Foundation, founded by advertising pioneer Albert Lasker and his wife Mary Woodard Lasker (a medical research activist). The awards are sometimes referred to as "America's Nobels."

Quick Facts

• Award: Lasker Award - Basic Medical Research
• Added: 2026-02-07
• Source: Wikipedia
• Established: 1946
• Presented by: Lasker Foundation

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