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Daniel Carleton Gajdusek: Daniel Carleton Gajdusek in 1976 when he won the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
 
 


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Name: D. Carleton Gajdusek
Birth Date: 1923
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: virologist

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Biography of D. Carleton Gajdusek
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Gajdusek was born in Yonkers, New York, on September 9, 1923, the son of Hungarian immigrants. His parents provided a rich intellectual environment at home, and Gajdusek became interested in science at an early age. While still in high school, he spent...


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1923- American Virologist and Pediatrician In 1976 Daniel Carleton Gajdusek shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine with Baruch S. Blumberg (1925- ) for their discoveries concerning "new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious...
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Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (born September 9 1923 in Yonkers, New York, USA) is an American physician and medical researcher of Slovakian-Hungarian descent, who was the co-recipient (with Baruch S. Blumberg) of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in...


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Oceania
Family man: the Papua New Guinean children of D. Carleton Gajdusek.(Report)
11/01/2007: 9,905 words, approx. 33 pages
The name Carleton Gajdusek is familiar to many scholars and those otherwise interested in Pacific anthropology and history. Yet while much has been written about Gajdusek's work on kuru and his achievements in science, little is known about his unusual family life. Addressing this...
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The Washington Times
Abuse case goes to circuit court: Gajdusek not allowed free contact with minors.(Metropolitan Times)(Top Of The News)
05/03/1996: 491 words, approx. 2 pages
FREDERICK, Md. - A Nobel Prize-winning scientist accused of molesting a 15-year-old Micronesian boy in 1987 remained free on $350,000 bond as his case advanced to circuit court yesterday. In addition to the release terms imposed in district court, Frederick County Circuit Judge...
 


 

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