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Also Known As Sir Michael Houghton
Born 1949 (age 77) • United Kingdom
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (2020)
Subjects Of Study hepatitis C virus
Harvey J. Alter
Harvey J. Alter
American virologist
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Charles M. Rice
American virologist
David Baltimore, 2011
David Baltimore
American virologist
Harold Varmus
Harold Varmus
American scientist
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J. Michael Bishop
American scientist
Sir Macfarlane Burnet, 1945
Sir Macfarlane Burnet
Australian physician
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John Franklin Enders
American microbiologist
Renato Dulbecco, 1966.
Renato Dulbecco
Italian-American virologist
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Frederick Chapman Robbins
American physician
Salvador E. Luria.
Salvador Luria
Italian-American biologist
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Thomas H. Weller
American physician and virologist
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Howard Martin Temin
American virologist
Luc Montagnier
Luc Montagnier
French scientist
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi
French virologist
Harald zur Hausen
Harald zur Hausen
German virologist
Drew Weissman seated indoors in a suit and tie, looking at the camera, with bookshelves and framed photos in the background.
Drew Weissman
American immunologist
Katalin Karikó
Katalin Karikó
Hungarian-born biochemist
Tu Youyou
Tu Youyou
Chinese scientist and phytochemist
Sir Alexander Fleming sits holding a petri dish in one hand, wearing a suit and bow tie, with papers stacked beside him.
Alexander Fleming
Scottish bacteriologist
John O'Keefe
John O’Keefe
British-American neuroscientist