Date of Birth | 22-February-1914 | |
Place of Birth |
Catanzaro (Italy, Calabria, Province of Catanzaro) |
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Nationality | Italy, United States of America | |
Profession | Virologist | |
Renato Dulbecco was an Italian 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. |
Awards by Renato Dulbecco |
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Check all the awards nominated and won by Renato Dulbecco. | ||
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1964
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