Embryology research wins Japan Prize for Polish scientist Andrzej Tarkowski

Professor Andrzej K. Tarkowski has become the first Polish scientist to win the prestigious Japan Prize. Prof. Tarkowski was awarded the so-called Japanese Nobel Prize for his research into the embryology of mammals, conducted in cooperation with Dr. Anne McLaren from the UK. The two scientists were recognized for their breakthrough in growing zygotes of mice in vitro. "I feel tremendous satisfaction. I'm happy that my research from the sixties and seventies has been appreciated and become the basis for the wonderful techniques used in modern biology and medicine," Tarkowski commented. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1, 2, 16) M.K.