Stanley Norman Cohen

<p>Stanley Norman Cohen (born February 17, 1935) is an American <a href="/facts/Geneticist/cCvzvuKU">geneticist</a> and the Kwoh-Ting Li Professor in the <a href="/facts/Stanford_University_School_of_Medicine/0djzchcB">Stanford University School of Medicine</a>.  Stanley Cohen and <a href="/facts/Herbert_Boyer/l01hVY8x">Herbert Boyer</a> were the first scientists to transplant genes from one living organism to another, a fundamental discovery for genetical engineering. Thousands of products have been developed on the basis of their work, including <a href="/facts/Human_growth_hormone/SLEJ1fws">human growth hormone</a> and <a href="/facts/Hepatitis_B_vaccine/j2gQw4Sc">hepatitis B vaccine</a>. According to immunologist <a href="/facts/Hugh_McDevitt/8qvphyuY">Hugh McDevitt</a>, "Cohen's DNA cloning technology has helped biologists in virtually every field". Without it, "the face of biomedicine and biotechnology would look totally different." Boyer cofounded <a href="/facts/Genentech/DPahQBr4">Genentech</a> in 1976 based on their work together, but Cohen was a consultant for <a href="/facts/Cetus_Corporation/Fr0keNBj">Cetus Corporation</a> and declined to join. In 2022, Cohen was found guilty of having committed fraud in misleading investors into a biotechnology company he founded in 2016, and paid $29 million in damages.
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Stanley Norman Cohen