Herbert Boyer
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 89 |
| Date of birth | July 10,1936 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Derry |
| Pennsylvania | |
| United States | |
| Spouse | Grace Boyer |
| Books | Recombinant DNA Research at Ucsf and Commercial Application at Genentech: Oral History Transcript / 200 |
| Job | Entrepreneur |
| Biologist | |
| Researcher | |
| Biochemist | |
| Biotechnician | |
| Education | Saint Vincent College |
| University of Pittsburgh | |
| Awards | Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research |
| National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences | |
| National Medal of Technology and Innovation | |
| Perkin Medal | |
| Albany Medical Center Prize | |
| Biotechnology Heritage Award | |
| National Medal of Science | |
| Nationality | American |
| Founded | Genentech |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 434860 |
Herbert Boyer Life story
Herbert Wayne "Herb" Boyer is an American biotechnologist, researcher and entrepreneur in biotechnology. Along with Stanley N. Cohen and Paul Berg, he discovered a method to coax bacteria into producing foreign proteins, which aided in jump-starting the field of genetic engineering.