UW stem cell pioneer shares America's largest prize for medicine and science

James Thomson, the groundbreaking University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher who became the first person to isolate and grow human embryonic stem cells in 1998, has been honored as co-recipient of the 11th annual Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research. The $500,000 prize is the largest award in science and medicine in the U.S. (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL)

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