Mary-Claire King

賞

1. 2014

   ラスカー賞 — ラスカー・コシュランド医学分野特別功績賞

   生物学

   For bold, imaginative, and diverse contributions to medical science and human rights — she discovered the BRCA1 gene locus that causes hereditary breast cancer and deployed DNA strategies that reunite missing persons or their remains with their families.

2. 2018

   ショウ賞 — 生命科学と医学

   生物学

   For her mapping the first breast cancer gene. Using mathematical modeling, King predicted and then demonstrated that breast cancer can be caused by a single gene. She mapped the gene which facilitated its cloning and has saved thousands of lives.

3. 2021

   カナダ・ガードナー国際賞

   生物学

   For transforming cancer genetics and oncology with the discovery of inherited susceptibility to breast cancer due to mutation of the BRCA1 gene