Gail Roberta Martin
American biologist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1944 to 2026 · aged 81
Gail Roberta Martin was an American developmental biologist. She is known for her pioneering work on the isolation of pluripotent stem cells from normal embryos, for which she coined the term 'embryonic stem cells'.
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2026Died16 February 20262015Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward2011FASEB Excellence in Science AwardAward2007Pearl Meister Greengard PrizeAward2002Edwin Grant Conklin MedalAward1991Guggenheim FellowshipAward1944Born2 April 1944
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She is widely recognized for her work on the function of fibroblast growth factors and their negative regulators in vertebrate organogenesis. She and her colleagues made contributions to gene targeting technology.
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United States
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Scientists
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Lived 1944 to 2026 · aged 81
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