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2 unusual facts about Philip Leder


Philip Leder

In 1988, Leder and Timothy Stewart were granted the first patent on a genetically engineered animal.

Timothy A Stewart

He was a pioneer in the technique of transferring recombinant genes to mice (transgenic mice) and in 1988 he and Philip Leder were granted a patent on a genetically engineered mammal.


Stanley J. Korsmeyer

Korsmeyer obtained a medical doctorate from the University of Illinois at Chicago, completed a residency at the University of California Hospitals in California, and then trained at the National Cancer Institute under Thomas A. Waldmann and Philip Leder.


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