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Born December 16, 1928 • New York City • New York
Died October 5, 2024 (aged 95) • Berkeley • California
Subjects Of Study aging • cancer • carcinogen • human exposure/rodent potency index • mitochondrion • mutagen
Bert Vogelstein
American oncologist
English-born American biochemist and geneticist Jack W. Szostak.
Jack W. Szostak
American biochemist and geneticist
Gregory P. Winter
British biochemst
Venter, J. Craig
J. Craig Venter
American geneticist, biochemist, and businessman
Stephen J. Elledge
American geneticist
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
Elizabeth Blackburn
Elizabeth Blackburn
American molecular biologist and biochemist
Carol W. Greider
Carol W. Greider
American molecular biologist
William G. Kaelin, Jr.
American physician and medical researcher
James P. Allison
American immunologist
Michael W. Young
American geneticist
Gregg L. Semenza
American physician
Joachim Frank
German-American biochemist
Rothman, James E.
James E. Rothman
American biochemist and cell biologist
George Wells Beadle.
George Wells Beadle
American geneticist
Robert F. Furchgott
American pharmacologist
Schekman, Randy W.
Randy W. Schekman
American biochemist and cell biologist
George P. Smith
American biochemist
Edward L. Tatum
American biochemist
E. Donnall Thomas
American physician

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