Renato Dulbecco
Italian-American virologist (1914–2012) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Renato Dulbecco (/dʌlˈbɛkoʊ/ dul-BEK-oh,[4][5] Italian: [reˈnaːto dulˈbɛkko, -ˈbek-]; February 22, 1914 – February 19, 2012)[6] was an Italian–American virologist who won the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on oncoviruses, which are viruses that can cause cancer when they infect animal cells.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] He studied at the University of Turin under Giuseppe Levi, along with fellow students Salvador Luria and Rita Levi-Montalcini, who also moved to the U.S. with him and won Nobel prizes. He was drafted into the Italian army in World War II, but later joined the resistance.
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Renato Dulbecco | |
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Born | (1914-02-22)February 22, 1914 Catanzaro, Italy |
Died | February 19, 2012(2012-02-19) (aged 97) |
Nationality | Italian, American[1] |
Alma mater | University of Turin |
Known for | Reverse transcriptase |
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Fields | Virologist |
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Doctoral students | Howard Temin[3] |
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