Biography
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek ( 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'.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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The Genius and the Boys (2009)
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GenderMale
Birthday1923-09-09
Deathday2008-12-12 (85 years old)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesYonkers, United States of America
AwardsFellow of the Australian Academy of Science, Bengt Winblad Lifetime Achievement Award in Alzheimer’s Disease Research, honorary doctorate of the University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Huxley Memorial Medal, Silliman Memorial Lectures, E. Mead Johnson Award, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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