Rudolf Jaenisch
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Rudolf Jaenisch (born on April 22, 1942) is a Professor of Biology at MIT and a founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.[1] He is a pioneer of transgenic science, in which an animal’s genetic makeup is altered. Jaenisch has focused on creating genetically modified mice to study cancer, epigenetic reprogramming and neurological diseases.[2][3][4]
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Born | (1942-04-22) April 22, 1942 (age 82) Wölfelsgrund, Germany (now Międzygórze, Poland) |
Citizenship | German |
Alma mater | University of Munich (M.D., 1967) |
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Fields | Biochemistry Genetics Medicine |
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Academic advisors | Arnold Levine |
Website | wi |
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