Laureate – Mary Claire King

 

Mary-Claire King

2018
Life Science and Medicine

 

The Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine 2018

 

is awarded to

 

Mary-Claire King

 

for her mapping the first breast cancer gene.Using mathematical modeling, King predicted and then demonstrated that breast cancer can be caused by a single gene. She mapped the gene which facilitated its cloning and has saved thousands of lives.

 

14 May 2018

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