Gopalan Shyamala (December 7, 1938 – February 11, 2009) was a biomedical scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, whose work in isolating and characterizing the progesterone receptor gene stimulated advances in breast biology and oncology. She was the mother of Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris and Maya Harris, a lawyer and political commentator.
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7 April 1938 Madras, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)
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11 February 2009 (aged 70) Oakland, California, U.S.
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