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Mary E. Brunkow

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American molecular biologist and immunologist

United StatesBorn 1961 · age 65
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Mary Elizabeth Brunkow is an American molecular biologist, immunologist and Nobel Prize laureate. She is known for co-identifying the gene later named FOXP3 as the cause of the scurfy mouse phenotype, a finding that became foundational for modern regulatory T cell biology.

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Mary E. Brunkow
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You have to find the thing that is of most interest. I like the idea of really diving deep into something. Science in general is really a process of seeking the truth.

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... the work that’s being honored by the was done 25 to 30 years ago, and I haven’t really worked in that field since.

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2025Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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Born 1961 · age 65
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