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Gail Roberta Martin
American biologist
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dead
- born
- 1944
- died
- 2026
- age at death
- 81
- known for
- biologist, university teacher
1944 β 2026

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who gail roberta martin is
Gail Roberta Martin was an American developmental biologist. She is known for her pioneering work on the isolation of pluripotent stem cells from normal embryos, for which she coined the term 'embryonic stem cells'. She is widely recognized for her work on the function of fibroblast growth factors and their negative regulators in vertebrate organogenesis. She and her colleagues made contributions to gene targeting technology.
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