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Born October 30, 1928 • Wilmington • Delaware
Died November 16, 1999 (aged 71) • Baltimore • Maryland • (Anniversary in 3 days)
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1978)
Subjects Of Study DNA • cancer • simian virus 40
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John Franklin Enders
American microbiologist
Carol W. Greider
Carol W. Greider
American molecular biologist
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Werner Arber
Swiss microbiologist
James Watson, c. 1990
James Watson
American geneticist and biophysicist
Elizabeth Blackburn
Elizabeth Blackburn
American molecular biologist and biochemist
Phillip A. Sharp, 1993.
Phillip A. Sharp
American physiologist
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James P. Allison
American immunologist
Smith, Hamilton O.
Hamilton O. Smith
American biologist
Selman Abraham Waksman, 1968.
Selman Abraham Waksman
American biochemist
Salvador E. Luria.
Salvador Luria
Italian-American biologist
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A.D. Hershey
American biologist
Max Theiler
Max Theiler
American microbiologist
Ōmura Satoshi
Ōmura Satoshi
Japanese microbiologist
Élie Metchnikoff
Élie Metchnikoff
Russian-born biologist
Lwoff, 1965
André Lwoff
French biologist
English-born American biochemist and geneticist Jack W. Szostak.
Jack W. Szostak
English-born American biochemist and geneticist
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Günter Blobel
German-American scientist
David Baltimore, 2011
David Baltimore
American virologist
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William G. Kaelin, Jr.
American physician and medical researcher
Harold Varmus
Harold Varmus
American scientist

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