Renato Dulbecco
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1914 – 2012
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Who was Renato Dulbecco?
Renato Dulbecco was a virologist, born in Italy and a naturalized American citizen, 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. 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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- Born
- Feb 22, 1914
Catanzaro - Also known as
- Дульбекко, Ренато
- 罗纳托·杜尔贝科
- Ethnicity
- Italian American
- Italian people
- Nationality
- Italy
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Doctor of Medicine, University of Turin
Pathology
( - 1936) - Anatomy
- Doctor of Medicine, University of Turin
- Employment
- California Institute of Technology
- Lived in
- Milan
- La Jolla
( - 2012/02/19)
- Died
- Feb 19, 2012
La Jolla
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on July 23, 2013
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