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Daniel Carleton Gajdusek
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek is an American doctor and medical researcher who co-received the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on an infectious agent that was later identified as a kuru, prion disease. first known in humans. In 1996, Gajdusek was charged with pedophilia and after being sentenced to prison for 12 months before voluntarily exile in Europe, where he died a decade later. His papers are held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. and the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
BornSeptember 9, 1923, Yonkers, New York, U.S.
DiedDecember 12, 2008, Tromsø, Norway
NationalityUnited States
FieldsMedicine
Alma materUniversity of Rochester, Harvard Medical School
Known forEarly discovery of prion disease
InfluencedLukas Plank
Notable awardsE. Mead Johnson Award (1963), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1976)

About Daniel Carleton Gajdusek

Doctor Daniel Carleton Gajdusek was born in Yonkers, New York, United States on September 9, 1923. He dies at the age of 85, on December 12, 2008.

Physiologist and co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1976.

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Daniel Carleton Gajdusek before becoming famous

Daniel Carleton Gajdusek was born in the Zodiac sign Virgo (The Maiden), and 1923 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Pig (豬).

He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester and his medical degree from Harvard University.

Achievement of Daniel Carleton Gajdusek

In 1996, he was accused with child molestation and found guilty.

Daniel Carleton Gajdusek's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was born in Yonkers, but after his conviction, he spent the last decade of his life in self-imposed exile in Europe.

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Gajudsek was the first recipient of Chemist Alfred Nobel's prize.

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