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*** ,1947
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July 8, 2020 (72 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Virgo
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Celebrities born on August 27
Born in 1947
Virgo named Flossie
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Flossie Wong-Staal
Flossie Wong-Staal is a Chinese-American virologist and molecular biologist. She was the first scientist to clone HIV and define the function of its genes, which is an important step in proving that HIV is the cause of AIDS. From 1990 to 2002, she was Florence Riford's chair for AIDS research at the University of California, San Diego. She was a co-founder and after leaving UCSD she became the Scientific Director of Immusol, which was renamed iTherX Pharmaceuticals in 2007 when it transitioned to a disease-focused drug development company. Hepatitis C and continues to be the Scientific Director.
BornWong Yee Ching, August 27, 1946, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Republic of China
DiedJuly 8, 2020, La Jolla, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
FieldsVirology
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Diego, iTherX
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles (Ph.D, 1972)
Academic advisorsRobert Gallo
Known forCloning of HIV

About Flossie Wong-Staal

Biologist Flossie Wong-Staal was born in China on August 27, 1947. She dies at the age of 72, on July 8, 2020.

Molecular biologist who was the first to clone HIV and figure out what the gene does. She is a co-founder of iTherX Pharmaceuticals, a company dedicated to the development of hepatitis C treatments.

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Flossie Wong-Staal before becoming famous

Flossie Wong-Staal was born in the Zodiac sign Virgo (The Maiden), and 1947 is also the year of Pig (豬) in the Chinese Zodiac.

Virologist Robert Gallo was her coworker at the National Cancer Institute.

Achievement of Flossie Wong-Staal

She was the director of the University of California, San Diego's Center for AIDS Research.

Flossie Wong-Staal's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

She performed her investigation in Los Angeles, where she lived.

Flossie Wong-Staal Collabed with

She and Nobel Laureate Physiologist Luc Montagnier became well-known for their work on HI.

Luc Montagnier (1932 - 2022) (Physiologist)
Luc Montagnier (1932 - 2022)

Physiologist

Flossie Wong-Staal Income & Net worth

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Flossie Wong-Staal Height and Weight

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