# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ann-tsukamoto
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:39:26.941Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ann-tsukamoto"
name: "Ann Tsukamoto"
slug: "ann-tsukamoto"
description: "Ann S. Tsukamoto Weissman is an Asian American stem cell researcher and inventor. In 1991, she co-patented a process that allowed the human stem cell to be isolated and demonstrated their potential in treating patients with metastatic breast cancer. Tsukamoto has received a total of 13 patents in her career, the majority of them having to do with human hematopoietic stem cells."
tagline: "American stem cell researcher and inventor"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1952-07-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.21
  momentum:             3.703703703703704
  historical:           10.08052666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "آن تسوكاموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آن تسوكاموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Tsukamoto"
    title: "Ann Tsukamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Tsukamoto"
    title: "Ann Tsukamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Tsukamoto"
    title: "Ann Tsukamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Tsukamoto"
    title: "Ann Tsukamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Tsukamoto"
    title: "Ann Tsukamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%98%D7%95"
    title: "אן צוקמוטו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Tsukamoto"
    title: "Ann Tsukamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%AA%E1%83%A3%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D"
    title: "ენ ცუკამოტო"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "安·塚本"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump