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Helen Blau

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Helen Blau · Science & Medicine

What

Stem-cell biologist, pioneer of muscle-cell reprogramming and regeneration

When

1948, London, United Kingdom

Where

United Kingdom · United States

Biography

Helen Blau is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Stem-cell biologist, pioneer of muscle-cell reprogramming and regeneration

How & why

Helen Blau is a British-American stem-cell biologist at Stanford University whose experiments overturned the belief that a specialized cell's fate is fixed, showing that mammalian cells can be reprogrammed — foundational work for regenerative medicine and muscle-cell regeneration. Listed among Jewish figures in biomedical science, she is Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science

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Stem-cell biologist, pioneer of muscle-cell reprogramming and regeneration

1948

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science