Howard Cedar
Howard Cedar · Science & Medicine
Molecular biologist who elucidated the role of DNA methylation in gene regulation
1943, United States
United States · Israel
Howard Cedar is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Molecular biologist who elucidated the role of DNA methylation in gene regulation
Born in the United States and trained at MIT and New York University, Cedar settled in Israel at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. With Aharon Razin he showed how DNA methylation — small chemical tags on DNA — switches genes on and off and is inherited through cell division, a cornerstone of epigenetics with deep relevance to cancer. He won the 2008 Wolf Prize in Medicine and the Israel Prize. He is Jewish and Israeli.
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Molecular biologist who elucidated the role of DNA methylation in gene regulation
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
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