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Medicine & Public Health
Salvador Luria
1912–1991Turin, ItalyFirst-generation immigrantHistoric
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Why Included
Pioneer of molecular biology
Biography
Pioneer of molecular biology; fled Mussolini; demonstrated random nature of bacterial mutations; MIT professor. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1969); co-founded molecular biology as a discipline
Notable For
- Pioneer of molecular biology
- fled Mussolini
- demonstrated random nature of bacterial mutations
- MIT professor
Honors & Recognition
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1969)
- co-founded molecular biology as a discipline
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Medicine & Public Health
- Specialty
- Biology/Genetics
- Years
- 1912–1991
- Birth Place
- Turin, Italy
- Origin
- First-generation immigrant
- Regional Ancestry
- Piedmont
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