Mark Skolnick
Mark Skolnick · Science & Medicine
Geneticist who led the discovery of the BRCA1 breast cancer gene.
1946, Temple, Texas, United States
United States
Myriad Genetics1991Mark Skolnick is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Geneticist who led the discovery of the BRCA1 breast cancer gene.
Skolnick is an American geneticist who led the team at Myriad Genetics, a company he co-founded, that discovered and sequenced the BRCA1 breast- and ovarian-cancer susceptibility gene, published in 1994. Exploiting Utah's dense genealogical records, his work made hereditary-cancer testing possible. He is Jewish.
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Geneticist who led the discovery of the BRCA1 breast cancer gene.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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