# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-gurdon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:00:21.257Z

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name: "John Gurdon"
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description: "Sir John Bertrand Gurdon was a British developmental biologist, best known for his pioneering research in nuclear transplantation and cloning."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump