Daniel Carleton Gajdusek
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (/ˈɡaɪdəʃɛk/ GHY-də-shek; September 9, 1923 – December 12, 2008) was an American physician and medical researcher who was the co-recipient (with Baruch S. Blumberg) of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1976 for work on the transmissibility of kuru, implying the existence of an infectious agent, which he named an 'unconventional virus'.
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek | |
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| Born | September 9, 1923 Yonkers, New York, U.S. |
| Died | December 12, 2008 (aged 85) Tromsø, Norway |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Rochester, Harvard Medical School |
| Known for | Early discovery of prion disease |
| Awards | E. Mead Johnson Award (1963) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1976) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine |
In 1996, Gajdusek was charged with child molestation and, after being convicted, spent 12 months in prison before entering a self-imposed exile in Europe, where he died a decade later. His papers are held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland and at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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