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Philip Leder

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

Timothy A Stewart

From 1984 to 2003 Stewart was a scientist at Genentech where he developed the concept that the type I interferons might be a significant component in the initiation or progression of type I diabetes.

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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.

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