title: Sir John Gurdon: father of nuclear reprogramming.
abstract: Sir John Gurdon founded the field of nuclear reprogramming. His work set the stage for the ever burgeoning area of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. Here I provide personal reflections on times I shared with John Gurdon and professional reflections of the impact of his ground-breaking research on my own development as a scientist and on the field in general. His paradigm-shifting experiments will continue to provoke scientists to think outside the box for many years to come.
authors: Baxter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Clinical Sciences Research Center, Rm. 4215, 269 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5175, USA. Electronic address: hblau@stanford.edu.
authors: Helen M
authors: HM
authors: Blau
mesh_terms: D065150:Cellular Reprogramming; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D044968:Regenerative Medicine
keywords: Cell fusion; Cell plasticity; Cloning; Heterokaryons; Nuclear reprogramming