Renato Dulbecco
Scientist
Renato Dulbecco (February 22, 1914 – February 19, 2012) was an Italian virologist, later a naturalized American citizen, who won the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on oncoviruses, which are viruses that can cause cancer when they infect animal cells. He studied at the University of Turin under Giuseppe Levi, along with fellow students Salvador Luria and Rita Levi-Montalcini, who also moved to the U.S. with him and won Nobel prizes. He was drafted into the Italian army in World War II, but later joined the resistance.
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| Birth date | February 22, 1914 |
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| Birth place | Kingdom of Italy , Catanzaro |
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| Date of death | February 19, 2012 |
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