James Thomson (cell biologist)
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For other people named James Thomson, see James Thomson (disambiguation).
James Alexander Thomson is an American developmental biologist best known for deriving the first human embryonic stem cell line in 1998[1] and for deriving human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) in 2007.[2]
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James Alexander Thomson | |
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Born | |
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1981) University of Pennsylvania (1988) |
Known for | Stem cell research |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Developmental biology |
Institutions | Morgridge Institute for Research University of Wisconsin, Madison University of California, Santa Barbara |
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