Andrzej Tarkowski
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Andrzej Krzysztof Tarkowski (born 1933) is a Polish
embryologist
and a professor at Warsaw University. In 2002 Tarkowski with Anne McLaren
won the Japan Prize
for their discoveries concerning the early development of mammalian embryos.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
embryologist
Embryology
Embryology is a science which is about the development of an embryo from the fertilization of the ovum to the fetus stage...
and a professor at Warsaw University. In 2002 Tarkowski with Anne McLaren
Anne McLaren
The Hon. Dame Anne Laura Dorinthea McLaren, DBE, FRS, FRCOG was the daughter of Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway and Christabel McNaughten. She became a leading figure in developmental biology. Her work helped lead to human in vitro fertilisation...
won the Japan Prize
Japan Prize
is awarded to people from all parts of the world whose "original and outstanding achievements in science and technology are recognized as having advanced the frontiers of knowledge and served the cause of peace and prosperity for mankind."- Explanation :...
for their discoveries concerning the early development of mammalian embryos.