Mary-Claire King(1946)
Life SciencesMary-Claire King is an American geneticist. She was the first to show that breast cancer can be inherited due to mutations in the gene she called BRCA1. She studies human genetics and is particularly interested in genetic heterogeneity and complex traits.
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Career History
Professor
University of Washington
Seattle, US
Professor (Asst/Assoc/Full)
University of California Berkeley
Berkeley, US
Education
University of California San Francisco
Post-doc
Cancer genetics
1976
University of California Berkeley
PhD
Genetics
1972
Carleton College
BA
Mathematics cum laude
1966
Research Funding
The New York Breast Cancer Study
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc.
ACS-Disney Fdn Professor for Breast Cancer Research
American Cancer Society
American Cancer Society Research/Clinical Professor
American Cancer Society
New York Breast Cancer Study
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc.
New York Breast Cancer Study
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc.
New York Breast Cancer Study
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc.
New York Breast Cancer Study
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc.
New York Breast Cancer Study
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc.
New York Breast Cancer Study
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc.
New York Breast Cancer Study
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc.
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