Karin J. Blakemore (born 1953) is a leading medical geneticist and works in gynecology and obstetrics, human genetics, and maternal and fetal medicine.
Dr. Blakemore's major contribution to medicine stems from her research as a member of a team that aimed to fight genetic disorders through the in utero transplantation of donor cells using a mouse as an animal model.
Dr. Blakemore's team at the Johns Hopkins University's Institute of Genetic Medicine worked to determine the ideal number of cells to use in human in utero transplantation by utilizing a human-mouse model.
Implanting human donor cells into the human-mouse model allowed the team to predict both the lower and upper extremes of outcome that occur during transplants.
As a result of Blakemore's team's research it is a possibility that in utero transplants for a variety of congenital disorders may be developed.