BIOLOGIST

Beatrice Mintz

1921 - 2022

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Beatrice Mintz (January 24, 1921 – January 3, 2022) was an American embryologist who contributed to the understanding of genetic modification, cellular differentiation, and cancer, particularly melanoma. Mintz was a pioneer of genetic engineering techniques and was among the first scientists to generate both chimeric and transgenic mammals. In 1996, she shared the inaugural March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology with Ralph L. Brinster for their work in developing transgenic mice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Beatrice Mintz has received more than 63,405 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Beatrice Mintz is the 993rd most popular biologist, the 10,578th most popular biography from United States and the 147th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Beatrice Mintz ranks 993 out of 1,097. Before her are Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman, Stanislas Dehaene, David Douglas, Christof Koch, Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller, and Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen. After her are Paul Sereno, Bryan Sykes, Annie Lorrain Smith, Robert Collett, John Claudius Loudon, and Tilly Edinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Beatrice Mintz ranks 426. Before her are Eeva-Liisa Manner, Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn, Ion Negoițescu, Marie Maynard Daly, Erwin Hahn, and Gene Saks. After her are Naomi Parker Fraley, John Aston Sr., Kurt Marti, Donald Campbell, Joan Greenwood, and Ian Raby. Among people deceased in 2022, Beatrice Mintz ranks 560. Before her are Vic Elford, Héctor Pulido, Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, Adolfas Šleževičius, Bob Lanier, and Nicki Aycox. After her are David McCullough, Jürgen Heinsch, Johanna Lüttge, András Törőcsik, Ludwik Dorn, and Frank O'Farrell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Beatrice Mintz ranks 10,578 out of 20,380. Before her are David Dixon Porter (1813), Shirley Stobs (1942), Timothy Weah (2000), Bobby Rahal (1953), Nicki Aycox (1975), and David Gates (1940). After her are Frank Church (1924), Mario Savio (1942), Jimmy Webb (1946), David Souter (1939), Ron Eldard (1965), and Hiro Yamamoto (1961).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Beatrice Mintz ranks 147. Before her are James Chapin (1889), John Lawrence LeConte (1825), Irene Pepperberg (1949), Herbert Boyer (1936), Frank Chapman (1864), and Christof Koch (1956). After her are Paul Sereno (1957), William Healey Dall (1845), Fanny Hesse (1850), Maxine Singer (1931), Amos Eaton (1776), and Jessica Meir (1977).

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