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Renato Dulbecco
1914 – 2012
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryRenato Dulbecco 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. 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.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
February 22, 1914
Date of death
February 19, 2012
- Field and occupation
- Taliansko-americký virológ
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