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Also Known As Daniel Carleton Gadjusek
Born September 9, 1923 • Yonkers • New York
Found Dead December 12, 2008 • Tromsø • Norway
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1976)
Subjects Of Study disease • kuru • nervous system • slow virus
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