List of Famous people named Mary-claire
Similar names: Marie-claire, Marie-clair. Here are some famous Mary-claires:
Mary-Claire King
First Name Mary-Claire
Born on February 27, 1946
(age 79)
Born in United States of America, Illinois
Mary-Claire King is an American geneticist. She was the first to show that breast cancer can be inherited due to mutations in the gene she called BRCA1. She studies human genetics and is particularly interested in genetic heterogeneity and complex traits. She studies the interaction of genetics and environmental influences and their effects on human conditions such as breast and ovarian cancer, inherited deafness, schizophrenia, HIV, systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis. She has been the American Cancer Society Professor of the Department of Genome Sciences and of Medical Genetics in the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington since 1995.
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First Name Mary-Claire
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