Stanley Norman Cohen

For other people named Stanley Cohen, see Stanley Cohen (disambiguation).
Stanley Norman Cohen
Stanley Norman Cohen, 2016
Born (1935-02-17) February 17, 1935 (age 89)
Perth Amboy, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Alma materRutgers University, University of Pennsylvania
SpouseJoanna Lucy Wolter[1]
AwardsNational Medal of Science, Wolf Prize in Medicine
Scientific career
FieldsGenetics
InstitutionsStanford University
Doctoral studentsKelly Ten Hagen

Stanley Norman Cohen (born February 17, 1935) is an American geneticist[2] and the Kwoh-Ting Li Professor in the Stanford University School of Medicine.[3] Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer were the first scientists to transplant genes from one living organism to another, a fundamental discovery for genetical engineering.[4][5] Thousands of products have been developed on the basis of their work, including human growth hormone and hepatitis B vaccine.[6] According to immunologist Hugh McDevitt, "Cohen's DNA cloning technology has helped biologists in virtually every field".[7] Without it, "the face of biomedicine and biotechnology would look totally different."[7] Boyer cofounded Genentech in 1976 based on their work together, but Cohen was a consultant for Cetus Corporation and declined to join.[8] In 2022, Cohen was found guilty of having committed fraud in misleading investors into a biotechnology company he founded in 2016, and paid $29 million in damages.[9]

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  2. ^ Hughes, Sally Smith (1995). "Stanley N. Cohen SCIENCE, BIOTECHNOLOGY, and RECOMBINANT DNA: A PERSONAL HISTORY (Oral history)" (PDF). Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California. Berkeley, California.
  3. ^ "Stanford School of Medicine Profiles: Stanley N. Cohen, MD". Stanford School of Medicine. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  4. ^ Yount, Lisa (2003). A to Z of biologists. New York: Facts on File. pp. 47–49. ISBN 978-0816045419. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  5. ^ Cohen, S. N. (16 September 2013). "DNA cloning: A personal view after 40 years". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110 (39): 15521–15529. Bibcode:2013PNAS..11015521C. doi:10.1073/pnas.1313397110. PMC 3785787. PMID 24043817.
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  8. ^ Berlin, Leslie (2017). Troublemakers : Silicon Valley's Coming of Age (1st ed.). New York. p. 199. ISBN 978-1-4516-5150-8. OCLC 1008569018.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. ^ "Stanford professor pays $29M in fraud case". 2022-12-21. Retrieved 2023-04-16.