John Edgar Dick
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John Dick at the Royal Society admissions day in London in 2014 | |
| Born | John Edgar Dick 1954 (age 70–71) |
| Alma mater | University of Manitoba (PhD) |
| Awards | Robert L. Noble Prize (2000) |
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| Thesis | [ProQuest 303339990 Studies on Ribonucleotide Reductase from Normal Senescing Human Diploid Fibroblasts] (1984) |
| Website | jdstemcellresearch |
John Edgar Dick FRS FRSC (born 1954) is Canada Research Chair in Stem Cell Biology, Senior Scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network and Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto in Canada. Dick is credited with first identifying cancer stem cells in certain types of human leukemia. His revolutionary findings highlighted the importance of understanding that not all cancer cells are the same and thus spawned a new direction in cancer research. Dick is also known for his demonstration of a blood stem cell's ability to replenish the blood system of a mouse, his development of a technique to enable an immune-deficient mouse to carry and produce human blood, and his creation of the world's first mouse with human leukemia.