Theodore Puck
Theodore Puck · Science & Medicine
Geneticist who developed methods to grow and clone single mammalian cells, founding somatic cell genetics.
1916, Chicago, Illinois, USA — 2005, Denver, Colorado, USA
United States (Chicago · Denver)
Theodore Puck is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Geneticist who developed methods to grow and clone single mammalian cells, founding somatic cell genetics.
Puck devised techniques to grow and clone single mammalian cells in culture, founding the field of somatic cell genetics and making human cells experimentally tractable. Of Jewish background and born in Chicago, he worked chiefly in Denver at the University of Colorado. His methods underpin modern cell biology, cancer research and genetic screening.
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Geneticist who developed methods to grow and clone single mammalian cells, founding somatic cell genetics.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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