Charles Epstein (geneticist)

Charles Joseph Epstein (September 3, 1933 – February 15, 2011) was an American geneticist who was severely injured in 1993 when he became a victim of a mail bomb attack by the Unabomber. He was a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco and the Buck Institute for Age Research.

Charles Epstein
Born(1933-09-03)September 3, 1933
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
DiedFebruary 15, 2011(2011-02-15) (aged 77)
Tiburon, California, US
Alma materHarvard University (MD)
Known forResearch in Down syndrome
Unabomber victim
SpouseLois Epstein (m. 1956)
Scientific career
FieldsMedical genetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Washington
University of California, San Francisco
Buck Institute for Age Research
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